--- a/test_junit_xml.py
+++ b/test_junit_xml.py
@@ -470,24 +470,6 @@
             self, tcs[0], {'name': 'Failure-Message'}, failure_message=u(
                 "failure message with illegal unicode char: []"))
 
-    def test_init_utf8(self):
-        tc = TestCase(name='Test äöü', classname='some.class.name.äöü',
-                      elapsed_sec=123.345, stdout='I am stdöüt!',
-                      stderr='I am stdärr!')
-        tc.add_skipped_info(message='Skipped äöü', output="I skippäd!")
-        tc.add_error_info(message='Skipped error äöü',
-                          output="I skippäd with an error!")
-        test_suite = TestSuite('Test UTF-8', [tc])
-        (ts, tcs) = serialize_and_read(test_suite, encoding='utf-8')[0]
-        verify_test_case(self, tcs[0], {'name': decode('Test äöü', 'utf-8'),
-                                        'classname': decode('some.class.name.äöü', 'utf-8'),
-                                        'time': ("%f" % 123.345)},
-                        stdout=decode('I am stdöüt!', 'utf-8'), stderr=decode('I am stdärr!', 'utf-8'),
-                        skipped_message=decode('Skipped äöü', 'utf-8'),
-                        skipped_output=decode('I skippäd!', 'utf-8'),
-                        error_message=decode('Skipped error äöü', 'utf-8'),
-                        error_output=decode('I skippäd with an error!', 'utf-8'))
-
     def test_init_unicode(self):
         tc = TestCase(name=decode('Test äöü', 'utf-8'),
                       classname=decode('some.class.name.äöü', 'utf-8'),