diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1904.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1904.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f0d1df37..000000000
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1904.py
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from ... cli import download
-
-def test_issue1904(capsys):
-    download('en')
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert "Linking successful" in out
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