diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 7691d1a4..9bd720fc 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -553,10 +553,6 @@ class RequestsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             'application/json'
         )
 
-    def test_uppercase_scheme(self):
-        r = requests.get('HTTP://example.com/')
-        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
-
     def test_uppercase_scheme_redirect(self):
         r = requests.get(httpbin('redirect-to'), params={'url': 'HTTP://example.com/'})
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)