diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/90_reinstall.bats b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/90_reinstall.bats
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5f05c65e8..00000000000
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/90_reinstall.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bats
-
-# Tests upgrading elasticsearch from a previous version with the deb or rpm
-# packages. Just uses a single node cluster on the current machine rather than
-# fancy rolling restarts.
-
-# WARNING: This testing file must be executed as root and can
-# dramatically change your system. It should only be executed
-# in a throw-away VM like those made by the Vagrantfile at
-# the root of the Elasticsearch source code. This should
-# cause the script to fail if it is executed any other way:
-[ -f /etc/is_vagrant_vm ] || {
-  >&2 echo "must be run on a vagrant VM"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-# The test case can be executed with the Bash Automated
-# Testing System tool available at https://github.com/sstephenson/bats
-# Thanks to Sam Stephenson!
-
-# Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
-# license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright
-# ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
-# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-# Load test utilities
-load $BATS_UTILS/utils.bash
-load $BATS_UTILS/packages.bash
-
-# Cleans everything for the 1st execution
-setup() {
-    skip_not_dpkg_or_rpm
-    export PACKAGE_NAME="elasticsearch-oss"
-}
-
-@test "[REINSTALL] install" {
-    clean_before_test
-    install_package
-}
-
-@test "[REINSTALL] purge elasticsearch" {
-    purge_elasticsearch
-}
-
-@test "[REINSTALL] chown directories" {
-    # to simulate the loss of ownership
-    if [ -d /var/lib/elasticsearch ]; then
-      sudo chown -R root:root /var/lib/elasticsearch
-    fi
-    if [ -d "/var/log/elasticsearch" ]; then
-      sudo chown -R root:root /var/log/elasticsearch
-    fi
-    if [ -d /etc/elasticsearch ]; then
-      sudo chown -R root:root /etc/elasticsearch
-    fi
-}
-
-@test "[REINSTALL] reinstall elasticsearch" {
-    install_package
-}
-
-@test "[REINSTALL] check ownership" {
-    assert_recursive_ownership /var/lib/elasticsearch elasticsearch elasticsearch
-    assert_recursive_ownership /var/log/elasticsearch elasticsearch elasticsearch
-    assert_recursive_ownership /etc/elasticsearch root elasticsearch
-}
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
index 18363a5ac62..92363d4d4e3 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
@@ -233,17 +233,6 @@ assert_output() {
     echo "$output" | grep -E "$1"
 }
 
-assert_recursive_ownership() {
-    local directory=$1
-    local user=$2
-    local group=$3
-
-    realuser=$(find $directory -printf "%u\n" | sort | uniq)
-    [ "$realuser" = "$user" ]
-    realgroup=$(find $directory -printf "%g\n" | sort | uniq)
-    [ "$realgroup" = "$group" ]
-}
-
 # Deletes everything before running a test file
 clean_before_test() {