diff --git a/spec/acceptance/mod_passenger_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/mod_passenger_spec.rb
index 7b2d0da9a..5af9113e5 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/mod_passenger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/mod_passenger_spec.rb
@@ -194,115 +194,5 @@ class { 'apache::mod::passenger': }
       end
 
     end
-
-  when 'RedHat'
-    # no fedora 18 passenger package yet, and rhel5 packages only exist for ruby 1.8.5
-    unless (fact('operatingsystem') == 'Fedora' and fact('operatingsystemrelease').to_f >= 18) or (fact('osfamily') == 'RedHat' and fact('operatingsystemmajrelease') == '5' and fact('rubyversion') != '1.8.5')
-
-      if fact('osfamily') == 'RedHat' and fact('operatingsystemmajrelease') == '7'
-        pending('test passenger - RHEL7 packages don\'t exist')
-      else
-        context "default passenger config" do
-          it 'succeeds in puppeting passenger' do
-            pp = <<-EOS
-              /* EPEL and passenger repositories */
-              class { 'epel': }
-              exec { 'passenger.repo GPG key':
-                command => '/usr/bin/curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc',
-                creates => '/etc/yum.repos.d/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc',
-              }
-              file { 'passenger.repo GPG key':
-                ensure  => file,
-                path    => '/etc/yum.repos.d/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc',
-                require => Exec['passenger.repo GPG key'],
-              }
-              epel::rpm_gpg_key { 'passenger.stealthymonkeys.com':
-                path    => '/etc/yum.repos.d/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc',
-                require => [
-                  Class['epel'],
-                  File['passenger.repo GPG key'],
-                ]
-              }
-              $releasever_string = $operatingsystem ? {
-                'Scientific' => '6',
-                default      => '$releasever',
-              }
-              yumrepo { 'passenger':
-                baseurl         => "http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/${releasever_string}/\\$basearch" ,
-                descr           => "Red Hat Enterprise ${releasever_string} - Phusion Passenger",
-                enabled         => 1,
-                gpgcheck        => 1,
-                gpgkey          => 'http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc',
-                mirrorlist      => 'http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/mirrors',
-                require => [
-                  Epel::Rpm_gpg_key['passenger.stealthymonkeys.com'],
-                ],
-              }
-              /* apache and mod_passenger */
-              class { 'apache':
-                  require => [
-                    Class['epel'],
-                ],
-              }
-              class { 'apache::mod::passenger':
-                require => [
-                  Yumrepo['passenger']
-                ],
-              }
-              #{pp_rackapp}
-            EOS
-            apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true)
-          end
-
-          describe service(service_name) do
-            it { is_expected.to be_enabled }
-            it { is_expected.to be_running }
-          end
-
-          describe file(conf_file) do
-            it { is_expected.to contain "PassengerRoot #{passenger_root}" }
-            it { is_expected.to contain "PassengerRuby #{passenger_ruby}" }
-            it { is_expected.to contain "PassengerTempDir #{passenger_tempdir}" }
-          end
-
-          describe file(load_file) do
-            it { is_expected.to contain "LoadModule passenger_module #{passenger_module_path}" }
-          end
-
-          it 'should output status via passenger-memory-stats' do
-            shell("/usr/bin/passenger-memory-stats", :pty => true) do |r|
-              expect(r.stdout).to match(/Apache processes/)
-              expect(r.stdout).to match(/Nginx processes/)
-              expect(r.stdout).to match(/Passenger processes/)
-              expect(r.stdout).to match(/### Processes: [0-9]+/)
-              expect(r.stdout).to match(/### Total private dirty RSS: [0-9\.]+ MB/)
-
-              expect(r.exit_code).to eq(0)
-            end
-          end
-
-          it 'should output status via passenger-status' do
-            shell("PASSENGER_TMPDIR=/var/run/rubygem-passenger /usr/bin/passenger-status") do |r|
-              # spacing may vary
-              r.stdout.should =~ /[\-]+ General information [\-]+/
-              r.stdout.should =~ /max[ ]+= [0-9]+/
-              r.stdout.should =~ /count[ ]+= [0-9]+/
-              r.stdout.should =~ /active[ ]+= [0-9]+/
-              r.stdout.should =~ /inactive[ ]+= [0-9]+/
-              r.stdout.should =~ /Waiting on global queue: [0-9]+/
-
-              r.exit_code.should == 0
-            end
-          end
-
-          it 'should answer to passenger.example.com' do
-            shell("/usr/bin/curl passenger.example.com:80") do |r|
-              r.stdout.should =~ /^hello <b>world<\/b>$/
-              r.exit_code.should == 0
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 end