diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 921c253654d..e78b2e92a28 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@
     </lst>
   </requestHandler>
 
-  <requestHandler name="dismaxNoDefaults" class="solr.SearchHandler" >
-     <lst name="defaults">
-       <str name="defType">dismax</str>
-     </lst>
- </requestHandler>
-
   <requestHandler name="mock" class="org.apache.solr.core.MockQuerySenderListenerReqHandler"/>
 
   <requestHandler name="/admin/" class="org.apache.solr.handler.admin.AdminHandlers" />
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/DisMaxRequestHandlerTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/DisMaxRequestHandlerTest.java
index 63d9cc5c660..54d5336aeb8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/DisMaxRequestHandlerTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/DisMaxRequestHandlerTest.java
@@ -194,16 +194,5 @@ public class DisMaxRequestHandlerTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     assertTrue(p_bool.matcher(resp).find());
 
   }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testSimplestParams() throws Exception {
-
-    assertQ("match w/o only q param",
-            req("qt", "dismaxNoDefaults",
-                "q","guide")
-            ,"//*[@numFound='2']"
-            );
-    
-  }
   
 }