diff --git a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.hs b/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 75ebed761e88f8e7888e71a428d35f0e206564bd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--- We import Pretty from package ghc
-module T7995 where
-import Pretty
-
-
-foo = text "test"
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.stdout b/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.stdout
deleted file mode 100644
index ee40d8798abec3018f3665a6c648e20acdbb94e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/T7995.stdout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rule fired: text/str (Pretty)
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/all.T b/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/all.T
index 771988eccf7211305e001577e2e5fcc6581fa7b0..5867a11a29e65d63b955e7eb6f2e62b896033234 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/simplCore/should_compile/all.T
@@ -159,11 +159,6 @@ test('T7702',
 #       (2) Build the program twice: once with -dynamic, and then
 #           with -prof using -osuf to set a different object file suffix.
 test('T7944', omit_ways(['profasm']), compile, ['-O2'])
-test('T7995',
-     # RULE doesn't seem to fire unless optimizations are turned on.
-     # This seems reasonable, so I've required it for the test. -- EZY 20130720
-     only_ways(['optasm']),
-     makefile_test, ['T7995'])
 
 test('T8196', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T8221b', normal, compile, [''])