diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 097b61990b..4b9a4eece8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -2204,29 +2204,6 @@ func TestCoverageUsesAtomicModeForRace(t *testing.T) {
 	checkCoverage(tg, data)
 }
 
-func TestCoverageUsesActualSettingToOverrideEvenForRace(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("don't build libraries for coverage in short mode")
-	}
-	if !canRace {
-		t.Skip("skipping because race detector not supported")
-	}
-
-	tg := testgo(t)
-	defer tg.cleanup()
-	tg.creatingTemp("testdata/cover.out")
-	tg.run("test", "-short", "-race", "-cover", "encoding/binary", "-covermode=count", "-coverprofile=testdata/cover.out")
-	data := tg.getStdout() + tg.getStderr()
-	if out, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/cover.out"); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	} else {
-		if !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("mode: count")) {
-			t.Error("missing mode: count")
-		}
-	}
-	checkCoverage(tg, data)
-}
-
 func TestCoverageImportMainLoop(t *testing.T) {
 	tg := testgo(t)
 	defer tg.cleanup()