diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/extract_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/extract_spec.rb
index e2ea8a843774f..f6e6104255a0b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/extract_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/extract_spec.rb
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@
       expect(Formulary.factory(path).version).to eq "0.2"
     end
 
-    it "retrieves the most recent version of formula starting at the specified revision", :integration_test do
-      path = target[:path]/"Formula/testball@0.1.rb"
-      expect { brew "extract", "testball", target[:name], "--git-revision=HEAD~1" }
-        .to output(/^#{path}$/).to_stdout
-        .and not_to_output.to_stderr
-        .and be_a_success
-      expect(path).to exist
-      expect(Formulary.factory(path).version).to eq "0.1"
-    end
-
     it "retrieves the specified version of formula", :integration_test do
       path = target[:path]/"Formula/testball@0.1.rb"
       expect { brew "extract", "testball", target[:name], "--version=0.1" }