diff --git a/src/fmt/fmt_test.go b/src/fmt/fmt_test.go
index 948df3579c..96505b8271 100644
--- a/src/fmt/fmt_test.go
+++ b/src/fmt/fmt_test.go
@@ -686,14 +686,6 @@ var fmtTests = []struct {
 	// Issue 8965.
 	{"%v", reflect.ValueOf(A{}).Field(0).String(), "<int Value>"}, // Equivalent to the old way.
 	{"%v", reflect.ValueOf(A{}).Field(0), "0"},                    // Sees inside the field.
-
-	// verbs apply to the extracted value too.
-	{"%s", reflect.ValueOf("hello"), "hello"},
-	{"%q", reflect.ValueOf("hello"), `"hello"`},
-	{"%#04x", reflect.ValueOf(256), "0x0100"},
-
-	// invalid reflect.Value doesn't crash.
-	{"%v", reflect.Value{}, "<nil>"},
 }
 
 // zeroFill generates zero-filled strings of the specified width. The length
diff --git a/src/fmt/print.go b/src/fmt/print.go
index 8e35a890ec..c8038f09a8 100644
--- a/src/fmt/print.go
+++ b/src/fmt/print.go
@@ -847,8 +847,6 @@ func (p *pp) printReflectValue(value reflect.Value, verb rune, depth int) (wasSt
 	p.value = value
 BigSwitch:
 	switch f := value; f.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Invalid:
-		p.buf.WriteString("<invalid reflect.Value>")
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		p.fmtBool(f.Bool(), verb)
 	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64: