diff --git a/test/test_signatures.py b/test/test_signatures.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a3fc53047d..0000000000
--- a/test/test_signatures.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Allow direct execution
-import os
-import sys
-import unittest
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
-
-import io
-import re
-import string
-
-from youtube_dl.extractor import YoutubeIE
-from youtube_dl.utils import compat_str, compat_urlretrieve
-
-_TESTS = [
-    (
-        u'https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/html5player-vflHOr_nV.js',
-        u'js',
-        86,
-        u'>=<;:/.-[+*)(\'&%$#"!ZYX0VUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA\\yxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba987654321',
-    ),
-    (
-        u'https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/html5player-vfldJ8xgI.js',
-        u'js',
-        85,
-        u'3456789a0cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS[UVWXYZ!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@',
-    ),
-]
-
-
-class TestSignature(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        self.TESTDATA_DIR = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testdata')
-        if not os.path.exists(self.TESTDATA_DIR):
-            os.mkdir(self.TESTDATA_DIR)
-
-
-def make_tfunc(url, stype, sig_length, expected_sig):
-    basename = url.rpartition('/')[2]
-    m = re.match(r'.*-([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.[a-z]+$', basename)
-    assert m, '%r should follow URL format' % basename
-    test_id = m.group(1)
-
-    def test_func(self):
-        fn = os.path.join(self.TESTDATA_DIR, basename)
-
-        if not os.path.exists(fn):
-            compat_urlretrieve(url, fn)
-
-        ie = YoutubeIE()
-        if stype == 'js':
-            with io.open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as testf:
-                jscode = testf.read()
-            func = ie._parse_sig_js(jscode)
-        else:
-            assert stype == 'swf'
-            with open(fn, 'rb') as testf:
-                swfcode = testf.read()
-            func = ie._parse_sig_swf(swfcode)
-        src_sig = compat_str(string.printable[:sig_length])
-        got_sig = func(src_sig)
-        self.assertEqual(got_sig, expected_sig)
-
-    test_func.__name__ = str('test_signature_' + stype + '_' + test_id)
-    setattr(TestSignature, test_func.__name__, test_func)
-
-for test_spec in _TESTS:
-    make_tfunc(*test_spec)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()