diff --git a/tests/codegen/fmt_int_no_panic.rs b/tests/codegen/fmt_int_no_panic.rs
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index efd0530bc88..00000000000
--- a/tests/codegen/fmt_int_no_panic.rs
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Trying to check that formatting u8/u32/u64/etc do not panic.
-//
-// This test does not correctly do so yet.
-
-//@ compile-flags: -O
-
-#![crate_type = "lib"]
-
-// expected to need to write some kind of `impl core::fmt::Write` on a struct like this to avoid
-// unrelated panics if `String::write_str` can't make space..
-// struct CanAlwaysBeWrittenTo;
-
-use std::fmt::Write;
-
-// CHECK-LABEL: @format_int_doesnt_panic
-#[no_mangle]
-pub fn format_int_doesnt_panic(s: &mut String) -> std::fmt::Result {
-    // CHECK-NOT: panic
-    // ... but wait! this will definitely panic if `s.vec.reserve_for_push()` cannot alloc! this
-    // shouldn't pass!
-    write!(s, "{:x}", 0u8)?;
-    write!(s, "{:x}", u8::MAX)?;
-    Ok(())
-}