diff --git a/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/main.cc b/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/main.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 08ccbddbd6..0000000000
--- a/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/main.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * \brief  Block encryption test
- * \author Josef Soentgen
- * \date   2014-04-16
- */
-
-#include <base/allocator_avl.h>
-#include <block_session/connection.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	try {
-		char buffer[512];
-		Block::Session::Operations blk_ops;
-		Genode::size_t             blk_sz;
-		Block::sector_t            blk_cnt;
-
-		Genode::Allocator_avl alloc(Genode::env()->heap());
-		Block::Connection blk(&alloc);
-		blk.info(&blk_cnt, &blk_sz, &blk_ops);
-
-		Genode::log("block device with block size ", blk_sz, " sector count ", blk_cnt);
-
-		Genode::log("read first block");
-
-		Block::Packet_descriptor p(blk.tx()->alloc_packet(blk_sz),
-		                           Block::Packet_descriptor::READ, 0, 1);
-		blk.tx()->submit_packet(p);
-		p = blk.tx()->get_acked_packet();
-
-		if (!p.succeeded()) {
-			Genode::error("could not read first block");
-			blk.tx()->release_packet(p);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		Genode::memcpy(buffer, blk.tx()->packet_content(p), blk_sz);
-
-		/* XXX compare content */
-	}
-	catch(Genode::Service_denied) {
-		Genode::error("opening block session was denied");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/target.mk b/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/target.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c96886126..0000000000
--- a/repos/dde_rump/src/test/blk_crypt/target.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-TARGET = test-blk_crypt
-SRC_CC = main.cc
-LIBS   = base
-
-CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =