diff --git a/test/test_version.py b/test/test_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d2688..0000000
--- a/test/test_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-"""Version test module."""
-
-
-def test_version_fails_gracefully(mocker):
-    target = "pkg_resources.get_distribution"
-    mocker.patch(target, side_effect=Exception())
-
-    from flat_tree.__init__ import __version__
-
-    assert __version__ == "unknown"