diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index ada3c01ca5b..58108f16a30 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def debug_flag(compiler):
 }
 
 tests = [
-    'tests/test-reactor',
     'tests/fileiotest',
     'tests/directory_test',
     'tests/linecount',
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@ def have_xen():
     'libseastar.a' : core + libnet,
     'seastar.pc': [],
     'apps/seastar/seastar': ['apps/seastar/main.cc'] + core,
-    'tests/test-reactor': ['tests/test-reactor.cc'] + core,
     'apps/httpd/httpd': ['apps/httpd/demo.json', 'apps/httpd/main.cc'] + http + libnet + core,
     'apps/memcached/memcached': ['apps/memcached/memcache.cc'] + memcache_base,
     'tests/memcached/test_ascii_parser': ['tests/memcached/test_ascii_parser.cc'] + memcache_base + boost_test_lib,
diff --git a/tests/test-reactor.cc b/tests/test-reactor.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index e7668764e99..00000000000
--- a/tests/test-reactor.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is open source software, licensed to you under the terms
- * of the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership.  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- *
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-/*
- * Copyright 2014 Cloudius Systems
- */
-
-#include "core/reactor.hh"
-#include <iostream>
-
-struct test {
-    test(pollable_fd l) : listener(std::move(l)) {}
-    pollable_fd listener;
-    struct connection {
-        connection(pollable_fd fd) : fd(std::move(fd)) {}
-        pollable_fd fd;
-        char buffer[8192];
-        void copy_data() {
-            fd.read_some(buffer, sizeof(buffer)).then([this] (size_t n) {
-                if (n) {
-                    fd.write_all(buffer, n).then([this] {
-                        copy_data();
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    delete this;
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    };
-    void new_connection(pollable_fd fd, socket_address sa) {
-        auto c = new connection(std::move(fd));
-        c->copy_data();
-    }
-    void start_accept() {
-        listener.accept().then([this] (pollable_fd fd, socket_address sa) {
-            new_connection(std::move(fd), std::move(sa));
-            start_accept();
-        });
-    }
-};
-
-int main(int ac, char** av)
-{
-    ipv4_addr addr{10000};
-    listen_options lo;
-    lo.reuse_address = true;
-    test t(engine().posix_listen(make_ipv4_address(addr), lo));
-    t.start_accept();
-    engine().run();
-    return 0;
-}
-