diff --git a/src/tests/test_wire_codec.py b/src/tests/test_wire_codec.py
index 9ec5626e6d..e36888e68d 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_wire_codec.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_wire_codec.py
@@ -217,34 +217,5 @@ class TestWireCodec(unittest.TestCase):
         return genfunc
 
 
-# def test_write_wire_msg(self):
-
-#     # Writing message spanning multiple reports calls msg.send() with
-#     # correct data
-
-#     sent_reps = []
-
-#     def dummy_send(iface, rep):
-#         sent_reps.append(bytes(rep))
-#         return len(rep)
-
-#     msg.send = dummy_send
-
-#     content = bytes([x for x in range(0, 256)])
-#     message = b'##\xab\xcd\x00\x00\x01\00' + content
-#     reports = [b'\x3f' + ch + '\x00' *
-#                (63 - len(ch)) for ch in chunks(message, 63)]
-
-#     writer = write_wire_msg(int('0xabcd'), content)
-#     res = 1  # Something not None
-#     try:
-#         while True:
-#             writer.send(None)
-#     except StopIteration as e:
-#         res = e.value
-#     self.assertEqual(res, None)
-#     self.assertEqual(sent_reps, reports)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()