diff --git a/test/base_test.rb b/test/base_test.rb
index 8222c160..3e264d09 100644
--- a/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/base_test.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path('../helper', __FILE__)
 
 class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_default
-    assert true
-  end
-
   describe 'Sinatra::Base subclasses' do
     class TestApp < Sinatra::Base
       get('/') { 'Hello World' }