diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder.kt
index 1898b60ff45..033786a25cd 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder.kt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder : KotlinGradleAbstractM
 
             kotlin {
                 jvm()
-                // This is for iPhone emulator
+                // This is for iPhone simulator
                 // Switch here to iosArm64 (or iosArm32) to build library for iPhone device
                 iosX64("$nativeTargetName") {
                     binaries {
@@ -183,20 +183,6 @@ class KotlinGradleMobileSharedMultiplatformModuleBuilder : KotlinGradleAbstractM
                 }
             }
 
-            task $nativeTestName {
-                def device = project.findProperty("${nativeTargetName}Device")?.toString() ?: "iPhone 8"
-                dependsOn kotlin.targets.$nativeTargetName.binaries.getTest('DEBUG').linkTaskName
-                group = JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP
-                description = "Runs tests for target '$nativeTargetName' on an iOS simulator"
-
-                doLast {
-                    def binary = kotlin.targets.$nativeTargetName.binaries.getTest('DEBUG').outputFile
-                    exec {
-                        commandLine 'xcrun', 'simctl', 'spawn', device, binary.absolutePath
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             configurations {
                 compileClasspath
             }