diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 6e11361404..cbf8f19325 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -851,19 +851,6 @@ if($testthis[0] ne "") {
     $TESTCASES=join(" ", @testthis);
 }
 
-############################################################################
-#
-# don't let anyone think this works right now
-
-print <<EOM
- ***************************************************************************
-    THIS DOES NOT WORK
- ***************************************************************************
-
-EOM
-    ;
-
-
 #######################################################################
 # Output curl version and host info being tested
 #