diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Regression/T3436/cabal.test.hs b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Regression/T3436/cabal.test.hs
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--- a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Regression/T3436/cabal.test.hs
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import Test.Cabal.Prelude
-main = cabalTest $ do
-    -- NB: This test doesn't really test #3436, because Cabal-1.2
-    -- isn't in the system database and thus we can't see if the
-    -- depsolver incorrectly chooses it.  Worth fixing if we figure
-    -- out how to simulate the "global" database without root.
-    r <- fails $ cabal' "new-build" ["custom-setup"]
-    assertOutputContains "This is Cabal-2.0" r