1 files changed, 0 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index 385031f3b78..b0014789f92 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -842,30 +842,6 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(int(Foo4()), 42L)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, int, Foo5())
 
-    def test_intern(self):
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, intern)
-        s = "never interned before"
-        self.assert_(intern(s) is s)
-        s2 = s.swapcase().swapcase()
-        self.assert_(intern(s2) is s)
-
-        # Subclasses of string can't be interned, because they
-        # provide too much opportunity for insane things to happen.
-        # We don't want them in the interned dict and if they aren't
-        # actually interned, we don't want to create the appearance
-        # that they are by allowing intern() to succeeed.
-        class S(str):
-            def __hash__(self):
-                return 123
-
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, intern, S("abc"))
-
-        # It's still safe to pass these strings to routines that
-        # call intern internally, e.g. PyObject_SetAttr().
-        s = S("abc")
-        setattr(s, s, s)
-        self.assertEqual(getattr(s, s), s)
-
     def test_iter(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, iter)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, iter, 42, 42)