diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_commands.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_commands.py
index 631de3ee04..024b17a0ab 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_commands.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_commands.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from django.core.management import call_command
 from awx.main.models import Instance
 
 from awx.main.management.commands.update_password import UpdatePassword
-from awx.main.management.commands.remove_instance import Command as RemoveInstance
 
 def run_command(name, *args, **options):
     command_runner = options.pop('command_runner', call_command)
@@ -54,22 +53,3 @@ def test_update_password_command(mocker, username, password, expected, changed):
             assert stdout == expected
         else:
             assert str(result) == expected
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "primary,hostname,startswith,exception", [
-        (True, "127.0.0.1", "Cannot remove primary", None),
-        (False, "127.0.0.2", "Successfully removed", None),
-        (False, "127.0.0.3", "No matching instance", Instance.DoesNotExist),
-    ]
-)
-def test_remove_instance_command(mocker, primary, hostname, startswith, exception):
-    mock_instance = mocker.MagicMock(primary=primary, enforce_unique_find=True)
-    with mocker.patch.object(Instance.objects, 'get', return_value=mock_instance, side_effect=exception):
-        with mocker.patch.object(RemoveInstance, 'include_option_hostname_uuid_find'):
-            with mocker.patch.object(RemoveInstance, 'get_unique_fields', return_value={'hostname':hostname, 'uuid':1}):
-                    result, stdout, stderr = run_command("remove_instance", hostname=hostname)
-                    if result is None:
-                        assert stdout.startswith(startswith)
-                    else:
-                        assert str(result).startswith(startswith)