diff --git a/tests/core/test_stack_restore.c b/tests/core/test_stack_restore.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a629f8bda..000000000
--- a/tests/core/test_stack_restore.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016 The Emscripten Authors.  All rights reserved.
- * Emscripten is available under two separate licenses, the MIT license and the
- * University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.  Both these licenses can be
- * found in the LICENSE file.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-__attribute__((noinline)) int no_stack_usage(void) {
-  return 6;
-}
-
-__attribute__((noinline)) int alloca_gets_restored(int count) {
-  char *buf = (char*)alloca(count);
-  sprintf(buf, "%d", 6444);
-  return strlen(buf);
-}
-
-__attribute__((noinline)) int stack_usage(void) {
-  char buf[1024];
-  sprintf(buf, "%d", 60);
-  return strlen(buf);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  printf("%d\n", no_stack_usage());
-  printf("%d\n", alloca_gets_restored(200));
-  printf("%d\n", stack_usage());
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tests/core/test_stack_restore.out b/tests/core/test_stack_restore.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 02c399868..000000000
--- a/tests/core/test_stack_restore.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-6
-4
-2
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 04e09cfe2..1ff957727 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -825,24 +825,6 @@ base align: 0, 0, 0, 0'''])
     self.set_setting('GLOBAL_BASE', 102400)
     self.do_run_in_out_file_test('tests', 'core', 'test_stack_placement.c')
 
-  @no_wasm_backend('generated code not available in wasm')
-  def test_stack_restore(self):
-    self.emcc_args += ['-g3'] # to be able to find the generated code
-
-    self.do_run_in_out_file_test('tests', 'core', 'test_stack_restore.c')
-
-    generated = open('src.js').read()
-
-    def ensure_stack_restore_count(function_name, expected_count):
-      code = generated[generated.find(function_name):]
-      code = code[:code.find('\n}') + 2]
-      actual_count = code.count('STACKTOP = sp')
-      assert actual_count == expected_count, ('Expected %d stack restorations, got %d' % (expected_count, actual_count)) + ': ' + code
-
-    ensure_stack_restore_count('function _no_stack_usage', 0)
-    ensure_stack_restore_count('function _alloca_gets_restored', 1)
-    ensure_stack_restore_count('function _stack_usage', 1)
-
   def test_strings(self):
     self.do_run_in_out_file_test('tests', 'core', 'test_strings.c', args=['wowie', 'too', '74'])