diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/status.py b/rest_framework/tests/status.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e1644a6b4..000000000
--- a/rest_framework/tests/status.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for the status module"""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from django.test import TestCase
-from rest_framework import status
-
-
-class TestStatus(TestCase):
-    """Simple sanity test to check the status module"""
-
-    def test_status(self):
-        """Ensure the status module is present and correct."""
-        self.assertEqual(200, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertEqual(404, status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)