diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9ce70bbe..3b442f06 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ BATS_LOG_DRIVER = $(tap_driver)
 TESTS = $(dist_check_SCRIPTS)
 
 BATS = \
-	test/documentation/manpages/test.bats \
 	test/functional/bundleadd/add-directory/test.bats \
 	test/functional/bundleadd_v2/add-directory.bats \
 	test/functional/bundleadd/add-existing/test.bats \
diff --git a/test/documentation/manpages/test.bats b/test/documentation/manpages/test.bats
deleted file mode 100755
index e67e21c1..00000000
--- a/test/documentation/manpages/test.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bats
-
-setup() {
-  # Ensure that we have the conversion program
-  type -t rst2man.py > /dev/null
-  # Change to the toplevel git directory
-  type -t git >/dev/null || skip
-  cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-}
-
-@test "Check manual pages are up to date" {
-  for rst in docs/*.[1-9].rst
-  do
-    [ -f "$rst" ] || continue	# Could use shopt -s nullglob
-    echo "$rst"
-    rst2man.py "$rst" | cmp  "${rst%.rst}" -
-  done
-}
-
-@test "Check manual pages are clean" {
-  for nroff in docs/*.[1-9]
-  do
-    [ -f "$nroff" ] || continue
-    echo "$nroff"
-    git diff-index --quiet HEAD "$nroff"
-  done
-}
-
-# vi: ft=sh ts=8 sw=2 sts=2 et tw=80