diff --git a/src/tests/test_txn_abort7.c b/src/tests/test_txn_abort7.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 301946b7d51..00000000000
--- a/src/tests/test_txn_abort7.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <db.h>
-#include "test.h"
-
-void test_abort_create(void) {
-
-    system("rm -rf " DIR);
-    mkdir(DIR, 0777);
-
-    int r;
-    DB_ENV *env;
-    r = db_env_create(&env, 0); assert(r == 0);
-    r = env->set_data_dir(env, DIR);
-    r = env->set_lg_dir(env, DIR);
-    env->set_errfile(env, stdout);
-    r = env->open(env, 0, DB_INIT_MPOOL + DB_INIT_LOG + DB_INIT_LOCK + DB_INIT_TXN + DB_PRIVATE + DB_CREATE, 0777); 
-    if (r != 0) printf("%s:%d:%d:%s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, r, db_strerror(r));
-    assert(r == 0);
-
-    DB_TXN *txn = 0;
-    r = env->txn_begin(env, 0, &txn, 0); assert(r == 0);
-
-    DB *db;
-    r = db_create(&db, env, 0); assert(r == 0);
-    r = db->open(db, txn, "test.db", 0, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0777); assert(r == 0);
-
-    {
-	struct stat statbuf;
-	r = stat(DIR "/test.db", &statbuf);
-	assert(r==0);
-    }
-
-    r = txn->abort(txn); assert(r == 0);
-    r = db->close(db, 0);
-
-    r = env->close(env, 0); assert(r == 0);
-
-    {
-	struct stat statbuf;
-	r = stat(DIR "/test.db", &statbuf);
-	assert(r!=0);
-    }
-
-
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    test_abort_create();
-    return 0;
-}