diff --git a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
index 0d0161d13d..b03b37affe 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
@@ -268,45 +268,6 @@ class FederationClientTests(HomeserverTestCase):
self.assertIsInstance(f.value, TimeoutError)
- def test_client_requires_trailing_slashes(self):
- """
- If a connection is made to a client but the client rejects it due to
- requiring a trailing slash. We need to retry the request with a
- trailing slash. Workaround for Synapse <=v0.99.2, explained in #3622.
- """
- d = self.cl.get_json(
- "testserv:8008", "foo/bar", try_trailing_slash_on_400=True,
- )
-
- self.pump()
-
- # there should have been a call to connectTCP
- clients = self.reactor.tcpClients
- self.assertEqual(len(clients), 1)
- (_host, _port, factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = clients[0]
-
- # complete the connection and wire it up to a fake transport
- client = factory.buildProtocol(None)
- conn = StringTransport()
- client.makeConnection(conn)
-
- # that should have made it send the request to the connection
- self.assertRegex(conn.value(), b"^GET /foo/bar")
-
- # Send the HTTP response
- client.dataReceived(
- b"HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n"
- b"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
- b"Content-Length: 59\r\n"
- b"\r\n"
- b'{"errcode":"M_UNRECOGNIZED","error":"Unrecognized request"}'
- )
-
- # We should get a successful response
- r = self.successResultOf(d)
- self.assertEqual(r.code, 400)
- self.assertEqual(r, {})
-
def test_client_sends_body(self):
self.cl.post_json(
"testserv:8008", "foo/bar", timeout=10000,
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