diff --git a/testsuite/gtk/stylecontext.c b/testsuite/gtk/stylecontext.c
index ca52a75ed0..7348df952c 100644
--- a/testsuite/gtk/stylecontext.c
+++ b/testsuite/gtk/stylecontext.c
@@ -246,62 +246,6 @@ test_match (void)
   g_object_unref (context);
 }
 
-static void
-test_style_property (void)
-{
-  GtkStyleContext *context;
-  GtkWidgetPath *path;
-  GtkCssProvider *provider;
-  GError *error;
-  const gchar *data;
-  gint x;
-  GdkRGBA color;
-  GdkRGBA expected;
-
-  error = NULL;
-  provider = gtk_css_provider_new ();
-
-  context = gtk_style_context_new ();
-
-  path = gtk_widget_path_new ();
-  gtk_widget_path_append_type (path, GTK_TYPE_WINDOW);
-  gtk_widget_path_append_type (path, GTK_TYPE_BOX);
-  gtk_widget_path_append_type (path, GTK_TYPE_BUTTON);
-  gtk_style_context_set_path (context, path);
-  gtk_widget_path_free (path);
-  gtk_style_context_set_state (context, GTK_STATE_FLAG_PRELIGHT);
-
-  /* Since we set the prelight state on the context, we expect
-   * only the third selector to match, even though the second one
-   * has higher specificity, and the fourth one comes later.
-   *
-   * In particular, we want to verify that widget style properties and
-   * CSS properties follow the same matching rules, ie we expect
-   * color to be #003 and child-displacement-x to be 3.
-   */
-  data = "GtkButton:insensitive { color: #001; -GtkButton-child-displacement-x: 1 }\n"
-         "GtkBox GtkButton:selected { color: #002; -GtkButton-child-displacement-x: 2 }\n"
-         "GtkButton:prelight { color: #003; -GtkButton-child-displacement-x: 3 }\n"
-         "GtkButton:focused { color: #004; -GtkButton-child-displacement-x: 4 }\n";
-  gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (provider, data, -1, &error);
-  g_assert_no_error (error);
-  gtk_style_context_add_provider (context,
-                                  GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER (provider),
-                                  GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_USER);
-
-
-  gtk_style_context_get_color (context, GTK_STATE_FLAG_PRELIGHT, &color);
-  gdk_rgba_parse (&expected, "#003");
-  g_assert (gdk_rgba_equal (&color, &expected));
-
-  gtk_style_context_get_style (context, "child-displacement-x", &x, NULL);
-
-  g_assert_cmpint (x, ==, 3);
-
-  g_object_unref (provider);
-  g_object_unref (context);
-}
-
 static void
 test_basic_properties (void)
 {
@@ -341,7 +285,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   g_test_add_func ("/style/parse/selectors", test_parse_selectors);
   g_test_add_func ("/style/path", test_path);
   g_test_add_func ("/style/match", test_match);
-  g_test_add_func ("/style/style-property", test_style_property);
   g_test_add_func ("/style/basic", test_basic_properties);
 
   return g_test_run ();