diff --git a/test/fixtures/fork2.js b/test/fixtures/fork2.js
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index 900183ad9d..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/fork2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-var assert = require('assert');
-var net = require('net');
-
-var connections = 0;
-
-process.on('message', function(m, serverHandle) {
-  console.log('CHILD got message:', m);
-  assert.ok(m.hello);
-
-  assert.ok(serverHandle);
-
-  var server = new net.Server(function(c) {
-    connections++;
-    console.log('CHILD got connection');
-    c.destroy();
-    process.send({ childConnections: connections });
-  });
-
-  server.listen(serverHandle, /* backlog */ 9, function() {
-    process.send({ gotHandle: true });
-  });
-});
-
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-fork2.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-fork2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6add596e14..0000000000
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-fork2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-var assert = require('assert');
-var common = require('../common');
-var fork = require('child_process').fork;
-var net = require('net');
-
-var socketCloses = 0;
-var N = 10;
-
-var n = fork(common.fixturesDir + '/fork2.js');
-
-var messageCount = 0;
-
-var server = new net.Server(function(c) {
-  console.log('PARENT got connection');
-  c.destroy();
-});
-
-server.listen(common.PORT, /* backlog */ 9, function() {
-  console.log('PARENT send child server handle');
-  n.send({ hello: 'world' }, server._handle);
-});
-
-function makeConnections() {
-  for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
-    var socket = net.connect(common.PORT, function() {
-      console.log('CLIENT connected');
-    });
-
-    socket.on('close', function() {
-      socketCloses++;
-      console.log('CLIENT closed ' + socketCloses);
-      if (socketCloses == N) {
-        n.kill();
-        server.close();
-      }
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-n.on('message', function(m) {
-  console.log('PARENT got message:', m);
-  if (m.gotHandle) {
-    makeConnections();
-  }
-  messageCount++;
-});
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(10, socketCloses);
-  assert.ok(messageCount > 1);
-});
-