diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future_stmt/test_future.py b/Lib/test/test_future_stmt/test_future.py
index 69ae58b0fbcae3..bb31d0a0023fad 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_future_stmt/test_future.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future_stmt/test_future.py
@@ -171,26 +171,6 @@ def test_ensure_flags_dont_clash(self):
         }
         self.assertCountEqual(set(flags.values()), flags.values())
 
-    def test_parserhack(self):
-        # test that the parser.c::future_hack function works as expected
-        # Note: although this test must pass, it's not testing the original
-        #       bug as of 2.6 since the with statement is not optional and
-        #       the parser hack disabled. If a new keyword is introduced in
-        #       2.6, change this to refer to the new future import.
-        try:
-            exec("from __future__ import print_function; print 0")
-        except SyntaxError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail("syntax error didn't occur")
-
-        try:
-            exec("from __future__ import (print_function); print 0")
-        except SyntaxError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail("syntax error didn't occur")
-
     def test_unicode_literals_exec(self):
         scope = {}
         exec("from __future__ import unicode_literals; x = ''", {}, scope)