diff --git a/test/test_irclib.py b/test/test_irclib.py
index d21f20e17..4d9c1f9dd 100644
--- a/test/test_irclib.py
+++ b/test/test_irclib.py
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@ class IrcStateTestCase(SupyTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(state, state.copy())
 
     def testCopyCopiesChannels(self):
-        state = irclib.IrcState()
-        stateCopy = copy.copy(state)
-        state.channels['#foo'] = None
-        self.failIf('#foo' in stateCopy.channels)
-
-    def testCopyCopiesChannels2(self):
         state = irclib.IrcState()
         stateCopy = state.copy()
         state.channels['#foo'] = None