diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index d47c8fed..32a9d01b 100644
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ class RequestsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(request.url,
             "http://example.com/path?key=value&a=b#fragment")
 
-    def test_HTTP_200_OK_GET(self):
-        r = requests.get(httpbin('get'))
-        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
-
     def test_HTTP_200_OK_GET_ALTERNATIVE(self):
         r = requests.Request('GET', httpbin('get'))
         s = requests.Session()