diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/T0003_Basic.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/T0003_Basic.java
index baa35f274..c874557b7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/T0003_Basic.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/T0003_Basic.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.CommitBuilder;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileTreeEntry;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectDatabase;
@@ -310,16 +309,6 @@ public void test003_WriteShouldBeEmptyTree() throws IOException {
 		assertTrue("Read-only " + o, !o.canWrite());
 	}
 
-	public void test005_ReadSimpleConfig() {
-		final Config c = db.getConfig();
-		assertNotNull(c);
-		assertEquals("0", c.getString("core", null, "repositoryformatversion"));
-		assertEquals("0", c.getString("CoRe", null, "REPOSITORYFoRmAtVeRsIoN"));
-		assertEquals("true", c.getString("core", null, "filemode"));
-		assertEquals("true", c.getString("cOrE", null, "fIlEModE"));
-		assertNull(c.getString("notavalue", null, "reallyNotAValue"));
-	}
-
 	public void test006_ReadUglyConfig() throws IOException,
 			ConfigInvalidException {
 		final File cfg = new File(db.getDirectory(), "config");