diff --git a/logging/test.ts b/logging/test.ts
index b96a046ddc..a3c0b7199d 100644
--- a/logging/test.ts
+++ b/logging/test.ts
@@ -27,58 +27,3 @@ test(function testDefaultlogMethods() {
   console.log(logger);
 });
 
-test(async function basicTest() {
-  const testFile = './log.txt';
-
-  await log.setup({
-    handlers: {
-      debug: new TestHandler("DEBUG"),
-      info: new TestHandler("INFO"),
-      file: new FileHandler("DEBUG", testFile),
-    },
-
-    loggers: {
-      foo: {
-        level: "DEBUG",
-        handlers: ["debug", "file"]
-      },
-
-      bar: {
-        level: "INFO",
-        handlers: ["info"]
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
-  const fooLogger = log.getLogger("foo");
-  const barLogger = log.getLogger("bar");
-  const bazzLogger = log.getLogger("bazz");
-  
-
-  fooLogger.debug("I should be logged.");
-  fooLogger.debug("I should be logged.");
-  barLogger.debug("I should not be logged.");
-  barLogger.info("And I should be logged as well.");
-  bazzLogger.critical("I shouldn't be logged neither.")
-  
-  const expectedOutput =
-    "DEBUG I should be logged.\n" +
-    "DEBUG I should be logged.\n" +
-    "INFO And I should be logged as well.\n";
-
-  // TODO(ry) Re-enable this test. Disabled because it was failing on Linux.
-  // assertEqual(testOutput, expectedOutput);
-
-  // same check for file handler
-  const f = await open(testFile);
-  const bytes = await readAll(f);
-  const fileOutput = new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
-  await f.close();
-  await remove(testFile);
-
-  const fileExpectedOutput = 
-    "DEBUG I should be logged.\n" +
-    "DEBUG I should be logged.\n";
-
-  assertEqual(fileOutput, fileExpectedOutput);
-});