diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyApplicationContextTests.java
index 9d7fdca108..bd7e3c31bf 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -74,9 +74,4 @@ public class GroovyApplicationContextTests {
 		new GenericGroovyApplicationContext("org/springframework/context/groovy/applicationContext-error.groovy");
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = BeanDefinitionParsingException.class)
-	public void testConfigFileParsingErrorWhenNamedBeans() {
-		new GenericGroovyApplicationContext("org/springframework/context/groovy/beans.groovy");
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/beans.groovy b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/beans.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 85a13f0ee2..0000000000
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/beans.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package org.springframework.context.groovy
-
-beans = {
-	framework String, 'Grails'
-	foo String, 'hello'
-}