diff --git a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
index f10a33dde8..85e249fda4 100755
--- a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -690,27 +690,4 @@ do
 	done
 done
 
-# Test Unicode UTF-8 characters in the pathname of the working
-# directory.  Use of "*A()" routines rather than "*W()" routines
-# on Windows can sometimes lead to odd failures.
-#
-u1=$(printf "u_c3_a6__\xC3\xA6")
-u2=$(printf "u_e2_99_ab__\xE2\x99\xAB")
-u_values="$u1 $u2"
-for u in $u_values
-do
-	test_expect_success "Unicode path: $u" '
-		test_when_finished "stop_daemon_delete_repo $u" &&
-
-		git init "$u" &&
-		echo 1 >"$u"/file1 &&
-		git -C "$u" add file1 &&
-		git -C "$u" config core.useBuiltinFSMonitor true &&
-
-		start_daemon "$u" &&
-		git -C "$u" status >actual &&
-		grep "new file:   file1" actual
-	'
-done
-
 test_done