diff --git a/runtime/build.gradle b/runtime/build.gradle
index 6e5fbc88726..2ff0e26d2d7 100644
--- a/runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/runtime/build.gradle
@@ -12,23 +12,6 @@ task build(type: CompileCppToBitcode) {
     linkerArgs project.file('../common/build/hash.bc').path
 }
 
-task test {
-    dependsOn build
-
-    doLast {
-        exec {
-            commandLine "$llvmDir/bin/clang", 'src/test/c/main.c', '-c', '-emit-llvm', '-o', "$buildDir/main.bc"
-        }
-        exec {
-            commandLine "$llvmDir/bin/clang++", build.outFile, "$buildDir/main.bc", '-o', "$buildDir/main"
-        }
-        exec {
-            workingDir buildDir
-            commandLine './main'
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 task clean << {
     delete buildDir
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/c/main.c b/runtime/src/test/c/main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 07e58d74dab..00000000000
--- a/runtime/src/test/c/main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <printf.h>
-
-void kotlinNativeMain() {
-    // nothing to test yet
-}