diff --git a/python/fail_test.py b/python/fail_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 04229e660..000000000
--- a/python/fail_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-from deltachat import capi
-from deltachat.capi import ffi, lib
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    ctx = capi.lib.dc_context_new(ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL)
-    lib.dc_stop_io(ctx)