diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
index 3d2c50df4b..26257ef066 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ package org.jclouds.softlayer.compute;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
-import org.jclouds.compute.RunNodesException;
-import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.sshj.config.SshjSshClientModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
@@ -36,8 +31,6 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
-import java.util.Set;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
@@ -76,29 +69,4 @@ public class SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest {
       }
    }
 
-   @Test
-   public void testCreateAndDestoryNode() throws RunNodesException {
-      ComputeServiceContext context = null;
-      try {
-         String identity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test.softlayer.identity"), "test.softlayer.identity");
-         String credential = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test.softlayer.credential"), "test.softlayer.credential");
-
-         context = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext("softlayer", identity, credential, ImmutableSet
-                  .<Module> of(new Log4JLoggingModule(), new SshjSshClientModule()));
-
-         Template template = context.getComputeService().templateBuilder()
-            .locationId("3") // the default (singapore) doesn't work.
-            .build();
-
-         Set<? extends NodeMetadata> nodes = context.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup("computeservice",1,template);
-         assertTrue(nodes.size() == 1);
-         NodeMetadata data = Iterables.get(nodes,0);
-         context.getComputeService().destroyNode(data.getId());
-
-      } finally {
-         if (context != null)
-            context.close();
-      }
-   }
-
 }
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