diff --git a/tests/description.py b/tests/description.py
index 55a55a9f6..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/tests/description.py
+++ b/tests/description.py
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# -- coding: utf-8 --
-
-# Apparently there is a python 2.6 issue where docstrings of imported view classes
-# do not retain their encoding information even if a module has a proper
-# encoding declaration at the top of its source file. Therefore for tests
-# to catch unicode related errors, a mock view has to be declared in a separate
-# module.
-
-from rest_framework.views import APIView
-
-# test strings snatched from http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/utf8/,
-# http://winrus.com/utf8-jap.htm and memory
-UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING = (
-    'zażółć gęślą jaźń'
-    'Sîne klâwen durh die wolken sint geslagen'
-    'Τη γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική'
-    'யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி'
-    'На берегу пустынных волн'
-    'てすと'
-    'ｱｲｳｴｵｶｷｸｹｺｻｼｽｾｿﾀﾁﾂﾃ'
-)
-
-
-class ViewWithNonASCIICharactersInDocstring(APIView):
-    __doc__ = UTF8_TEST_DOCSTRING