diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkHandlingTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkHandlingTest.java
index d85cf16e4837..3710fb4bed88 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkHandlingTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkHandlingTest.java
@@ -116,17 +116,6 @@ public class SymlinkHandlingTest extends SymlinkTestCase {
                        link2.getPath() + "/" + link1Home.getName() + "/" + link1.getName());
   }
 
-  public void testSameTargetShouldBeVisitedSeveralTimesFromSeveralNonRecursiveLinks() throws Exception {
-    File target = createTestDir(myTempDir, "target");
-    File child = createTestDir(myTempDir, "child");
-    File link1 = createSymLink(target.getPath(), myTempDir.getPath() + "/link1");
-    File link2 = createSymLink(target.getPath(), myTempDir.getPath() + "/link2");
-    assertVisitedPaths(myTempDir,
-                       target.getPath(), child.getPath(),
-                       link1.getPath(), link1.getPath() + "/child",
-                       link2.getPath(), link2.getPath() + "/child");
-  }
-
   public void testTargetIsWritable() throws Exception {
     File targetFile = createTestFile(myTempDir, "target.txt");
     File linkFile = createSymLink(targetFile.getPath(), myTempDir + "/link");