diff --git a/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
index 48b74964f..7839c4053 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
@@ -564,20 +564,6 @@ class TestFileLibTiff(LibTiffTestCase):
         # Should not raise UnicodeDecodeError or anything else
         im.save(outfile)
 
-    def test_page_number_x_0(self):
-        # Issue 973
-        # Test TIFF with tag 297 (Page Number) having value of 0 0.
-        # The first number is the current page number.
-        # The second is the total number of pages, zero means not available.
-        outfile = self.tempfile("temp.tif")
-        # Created by printing a page in Chrome to PDF, then:
-        # /usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=tiffg3 -sOutputFile=total-pages-zero.tif
-        # -dNOPAUSE /tmp/test.pdf -c quit
-        infile = "Tests/images/total-pages-zero.tif"
-        im = Image.open(infile)
-        # Should not divide by zero
-        im.save(outfile)
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()