diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/web/test_web.py b/src/allmydata/test/web/test_web.py
index f7e7a11f3..fac03895b 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/web/test_web.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/web/test_web.py
@@ -845,97 +845,6 @@ class Web(WebMixin, WebErrorMixin, testutil.StallMixin, testutil.ReallyEqualMixi
         d.addCallback(_check)
         return d
 
-    @inlineCallbacks
-    def test_welcome(self):
-        data = yield self.GET("/")
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(data, 'html5lib')
-        assert_soup_has_favicon(self, soup)
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_content(self, soup, u"title", u"Tahoe-LAFS - Welcome")
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes_and_content(
-            self, soup, u"a",
-            u"Recent and Active Operations",
-            {u"href": u"status"},
-        )
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes_and_content(
-            self, soup, u"a",
-            u"Operational Statistics",
-            {u"href": u"statistics"},
-        )
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes(
-            self, soup, u"input",
-            {u"type": u"hidden", u"name": u"t", u"value": u"report-incident"},
-        )
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_content(self, soup, u"td", u"fake_nickname \u263A")
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes_and_content(
-            self, soup, u"div",
-            u"other_nickname \u263B",
-            {u"class": u"nickname"},
-        )
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_content(
-            self, soup, u"h2",
-            u"Connected to 1 of 2 known storage servers"
-        )
-        divs = soup.find_all(u"div")
-        found_status = False
-        for div in divs:
-            if u"status-indicator" in div.attrs.get(u"class", []):
-                imgs = div.find_all(u"img")
-                if imgs and imgs[0].attrs.get(u"src", u"") == u"img/connected-yes.png":
-                    found_status = True
-                    sib = div.find_next_siblings()[0]
-                    self.assertIn(u"nickname", sib.attrs[u"class"])
-                    self.assertIn(u"other_nickname \u263B", sib.contents)
-        self.assertTrue(found_status, "no status-indicator found")
-
-        if self.have_working_tzset():
-            assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes_and_content(
-                self, soup, u"a",
-                u"1d\u00A00h\u00A00m\u00A050s",
-                {u"class": u"timestamp", u"title": u"1970-01-01 13:00:10" }
-            )
-
-        found_status = False
-        for div in divs:
-            if u"status-indicator" in div.attrs.get(u"class", []):
-                imgs = div.find_all(u"img")
-                if imgs and imgs[0].attrs.get(u"src", u"") == u"img/connected-no.png" and imgs[0].attrs.get(u"alt", u"") == u"Disconnected":
-                    # since we don't connect to any introducer, we
-                    # find that one first .. but we want to look for
-                    # the disconnected storage node..
-                    sib = div.find_next_siblings()[0]
-                    if u"No introducers connected" in sib.contents:
-                        continue
-                    found_status = True
-                    self.assertIn(u"nickname", sib.attrs.get(u"class", []))
-                    self.assertIn(u"disconnected_nickname \u263B", sib.contents)
-        self.assertTrue(found_status, "no status-indicator found")
-
-
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_attributes_and_content(
-            self, soup, u"a",
-            u"N/A",
-            {u"class": u"timestamp", u"title": u"N/A"},
-        )
-        stamps = []
-        timestamps = []
-        for t in soup.find_all(u"td"):
-            if u"service-last-received-data" in t.attrs.get(u"class", []):
-                a = t.find_all(u"a")
-                stamps.append(a[0].contents[0])
-                timestamps.append(a[0].attrs.get(u"title", u""))
-        self.assertIn(u"1d\u00A00h\u00A00m\u00A030s", stamps)
-        self.assertIn(u"1d\u00A00h\u00A00m\u00A025s", stamps)  # huh? should be 35s .. i think?
-        self.assertIn(u'1970-01-01 13:00:30', timestamps)
-        self.assertIn(u'1970-01-01 13:00:35', timestamps)
-
-        assert_soup_has_tag_with_content(self, soup, u"h3", u"Available")
-        assert_soup_has_text(self, soup, u"123.5kB")
-
-        # wait, WTF? why is this in a TEST?
-        self.s.basedir = 'web/test_welcome'
-        fileutil.make_dirs("web/test_welcome")
-        fileutil.make_dirs("web/test_welcome/private")
-
     def test_introducer_status(self):
         class MockIntroducerClient(object):
             def __init__(self, connected):