diff --git a/Lib/test/testall.py b/Lib/test/testall.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 23493940c7b..00000000000
--- a/Lib/test/testall.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Backward compatibility -- you should use regrtest instead of this module.
-import sys, regrtest
-sys.argv[1:] = ["-vv"]
-regrtest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 172dcce25e7..bc4cb1515f3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ C API
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Removed test.testall as test.regrtest replaces it.
+
+
 Documentation
 -------------