diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_warning.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_warning.py
index 54ac993e881..18627ddd231 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_warning.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_warning.py
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ class ShellWarnTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     'Test', UserWarning, 'test_warning.py', 99, f, 'Line of code')
             self.assertEqual(shellmsg.splitlines(), f.getvalue().splitlines())
 
-class ImportWarnTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_idlever(self):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always")
-            import idlelib.idlever
-            self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
-            self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))
-            self.assertIn("version", str(w[-1].message))
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2, exit=False)