diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
index 90ec112f19..554e89ac74 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
@@ -339,19 +339,6 @@ class ImportTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertRaises(etree.XMLSyntaxError, system.process_xml, bad_xml)
 
-    def test_selfassessment_import(self):
-        '''
-        Check to see if definition_from_xml in self_assessment_module.py
-        works properly.  Pulls data from the self_assessment directory in the test data directory.
-        '''
-
-        modulestore = XMLModuleStore(DATA_DIR, course_dirs=['self_assessment'])
-
-        sa_id = "edX/sa_test/2012_Fall"
-        location = Location(["i4x", "edX", "sa_test", "selfassessment", "SampleQuestion"])
-        sa_sample = modulestore.get_instance(sa_id, location)
-        #10 attempts is hard coded into SampleQuestion, which is the url_name of a selfassessment xml tag
-        self.assertEqual(sa_sample.metadata['attempts'], '10')
 
     def test_graphicslidertool_import(self):
         '''