diff --git a/kdecore/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/kdecore/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index dbddbfe4..a68fc570 100644
--- a/kdecore/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdecore/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ KDECORE_UNIT_TESTS(
     kconfigafterkglobaltest2
     ksycocathreadtest
     qcoreapptest
-    kmimetype_nomimetypes
     kunitconversiontest
     kdevicedatabasetest
     kdebugtest
diff --git a/kdecore/tests/kmimetype_nomimetypes.cpp b/kdecore/tests/kmimetype_nomimetypes.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dddd1f6..00000000
--- a/kdecore/tests/kmimetype_nomimetypes.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/*  This file is part of the KDE project
-    Copyright (C) 2011 David Faure <faure@kde.org>
-
-    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    Library General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
-    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
-    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-*/
-
-#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
-#include <QtCore/QtGlobal>
-#include <kcomponentdata.h>
-#include <kmimetype.h>
-#include <kmessage.h>
-#include <kglobal.h>
-#include <kdebug.h>
-
-class KTestMessageHandler : public KMessageHandler
-{
-public:
-    virtual void message(KMessage::MessageType type, const QString &text, const QString &caption)
-    {
-        Q_UNUSED(type);
-        Q_UNUSED(caption);
-        m_messages.append(text);
-    }
-
-    QStringList m_messages;
-};
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-
-    // Test what happens when there are no mimetypes installed.
-
-    ::setenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS", "/doesnotexist", 1);
-
-    KComponentData cData("foo");
-
-    KTestMessageHandler* msgHandler = new KTestMessageHandler;
-    KMessage::setMessageHandler(msgHandler);
-
-    KMimeType::Ptr s0 = KMimeType::mimeType("application/x-zerosize");
-    Q_ASSERT(!s0);
-    if (s0) {
-        qFatal("application/x-zerosize should NOT be found, otherwise this test is bogus!");
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    KMimeType::Ptr mime = KMimeType::findByUrl(KUrl("/"));
-    Q_ASSERT(mime);
-    Q_ASSERT(mime->name() == "application/octet-stream");
-    if (!mime) {
-        qFatal("application/octet-stream should be found, otherwise this test is bogus!");
-        return 2;
-    }
-    qDebug() << mime->name();
-
-    Q_ASSERT(msgHandler->m_messages.count() > 0);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-