diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RepositoriesIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RepositoriesIT.java
index 0f6dcec818f..d9d06c26b7d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RepositoriesIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RepositoriesIT.java
@@ -207,39 +207,4 @@ public class RepositoriesIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase {
             assertThat(ex.getMessage(), containsString("is not shared"));
         }
     }
-
-    public void testRepositoryVerificationTimeout() throws Exception {
-        Client client = client();
-
-        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
-                .put("location", randomRepoPath())
-                .put("random_control_io_exception_rate", 1.0).build();
-        logger.info("-->  creating repository that cannot write any files - should fail");
-        assertThrows(client.admin().cluster().preparePutRepository("test-repo-1")
-                        .setType("mock").setSettings(settings),
-                RepositoryVerificationException.class);
-
-        logger.info("-->  creating repository that cannot write any files, but suppress verification - should be acked");
-        assertAcked(client.admin().cluster().preparePutRepository("test-repo-1")
-                .setType("mock").setSettings(settings).setVerify(false));
-
-        logger.info("-->  verifying repository");
-        assertThrows(client.admin().cluster().prepareVerifyRepository("test-repo-1"), RepositoryVerificationException.class);
-
-        Path location = randomRepoPath();
-
-        logger.info("-->  creating repository");
-        try {
-            client.admin().cluster().preparePutRepository("test-repo-1")
-                    .setType("mock")
-                    .setSettings(Settings.builder()
-                                    .put("location", location)
-                                    .put("localize_location", true)
-                    ).get();
-            fail("RepositoryVerificationException wasn't generated");
-        } catch (RepositoryVerificationException ex) {
-            assertThat(ex.getMessage(), containsString("is not shared"));
-        }
-    }
-
 }