diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46222491..656b32a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ kernel*.bin
 /unittest/*_test
 /unittest/primesbitvector
 /unittest/primesmap
-/unittest/tesseracttests
 
 # generated files from unlvtests
 times.txt
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c05661b6..85d90bf0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ target_link_libraries           (tesseract libtesseract)
 
 if (BUILD_TESTS AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/googletest/CMakeLists.txt)
     add_subdirectory(googletest)
-    add_executable(tesseract_tests tests/tesseracttests.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(tesseract_tests gtest_main)
 endif()
 
 if (BUILD_TRAINING_TOOLS)
diff --git a/tests/tesseracttests.cpp b/tests/tesseracttests.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index aa020698..00000000
--- a/tests/tesseracttests.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// File:        tesseracttests.cpp
-// Description: Tests for Tesseract.
-// Author:      Stefan Weil
-//
-// Licensed 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.
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include "gtest/gtest.h"
-
-TEST(TesseractTest, FirstDummyTestForTesseract) {
-    ASSERT_TRUE(1);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
-  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-}
diff --git a/unittest/Makefile.am b/unittest/Makefile.am
index f07334cb..9de18966 100644
--- a/unittest/Makefile.am
+++ b/unittest/Makefile.am
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
   tablefind_test \
   tablerecog_test \
   tabvector_test \
-  tfile_test \
-  tesseracttests
+  tfile_test
 
 if ENABLE_TRAINING
 check_PROGRAMS += commandlineflags_test
@@ -226,9 +225,6 @@ tablerecog_test_LDADD = $(GTEST_LIBS) $(TESS_LIBS)
 tabvector_test_SOURCES = tabvector_test.cc
 tabvector_test_LDADD = $(GTEST_LIBS) $(TESS_LIBS)
 
-tesseracttests_SOURCES = ../tests/tesseracttests.cpp
-tesseracttests_LDADD = $(GTEST_LIBS) $(TESS_LIBS) $(LEPTONICA_LIBS)
-
 tfile_test_SOURCES = tfile_test.cc
 tfile_test_LDADD = $(GTEST_LIBS) $(TESS_LIBS)
 
@@ -242,7 +238,6 @@ intsimdmatrix_test_LDADD += -lws2_32
 matrix_test_LDADD += -lws2_32
 osd_test_LDADD += -lws2_32
 loadlang_test_LDADD += -lws2_32
-tesseracttests_LDADD  += -lws2_32
 endif
 
 EXTRA_apiexample_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(abs_top_builddir)/test/testing/phototest.tif