diff --git a/src/runtime/crash_test.go b/src/runtime/crash_test.go
index 46e7549d59..8efce4da2d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/crash_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/crash_test.go
@@ -587,40 +587,3 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Println("done")
 }
 `
-
-func TestInvalidptrCrash(t *testing.T) {
-	output := executeTest(t, invalidptrCrashSource, nil)
-	// Check that the bad pointer was detected.
-	want1 := "found bad pointer in Go heap"
-	if !strings.Contains(output, want1) {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to detect bad pointer; output does not contain %q:\n%s", want1, output)
-	}
-	// Check that we dumped the object containing the bad pointer.
-	want2 := "*(object+0) = 0x12345678"
-	if !strings.Contains(output, want2) {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to dump source object; output does not contain %q:\n%s", want2, output)
-	}
-}
-
-const invalidptrCrashSource = `
-package main
-import (
-	"runtime"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-var x = new(struct {
-	magic uintptr
-	y *byte
-})
-func main() {
-	runtime.GC()
-	x.magic = 0x12345678
-	x.y = &make([]byte, 64*1024)[0]
-	weasel := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(x.y))
-	x.y = nil
-	runtime.GC()
-	x.y = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(weasel))
-	runtime.GC()
-	println("failed to detect bad pointer")
-}
-`