diff --git a/source3/Makefile.in b/source3/Makefile.in
index b8841e6c913..b1c8a57b9f7 100644
--- a/source3/Makefile.in
+++ b/source3/Makefile.in
@@ -3184,10 +3184,6 @@ bin/tdbtorture@EXEEXT@: $(BINARY_PREREQS) $(TDBTORTURE_OBJ) $(LIBTALLOC) $(LIBTD
 	@$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(TDBTORTURE_OBJ) $(DYNEXP) \
 		$(LIBS) $(LIBTALLOC_LIBS) $(LIBTDB_LIBS)
 
-bin/t_stringoverflow@EXEEXT@: $(BINARY_PREREQS) bin/libbigballofmud.@SHLIBEXT@ torture/t_stringoverflow.o
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(DYNEXP) torture/t_stringoverflow.o \
-		-L./bin -lbigballofmud $(LIBWBCLIENT_LIBS)
-
 bin/timelimit@EXEEXT@: script/tests/timelimit.o
 	@echo Linking $@
 	@$(CC) -o $@ $(DYNEXP) script/tests/timelimit.o
diff --git a/source3/torture/t_stringoverflow.c b/source3/torture/t_stringoverflow.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 17765e6a2ce..00000000000
--- a/source3/torture/t_stringoverflow.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#include "includes.h"
-
- int main(void)
-{
-	char dest[100];
-	char *ptr = dest;
-
-	printf("running on valgrind? %d\n", RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND);
-
-	/* Try copying a string into an fstring buffer.  The string
-	 * will actually fit, but this is still wrong because you
-	 * can't pstrcpy into an fstring.  This should trap in a
-	 * developer build. */
-
-#if 0
-	/* As of CVS 20030318, this will be trapped at compile time! */
-	pstrcpy(dest, "hello");
-#endif /* 0 */
-
-	fstrcpy(ptr, "hello!");
-
-	return 0;
-}