diff --git a/test/TestRunner.py b/test/TestRunner.py
index 17dcf5b9fc..44f358420c 100644
--- a/test/TestRunner.py
+++ b/test/TestRunner.py
@@ -158,65 +158,6 @@ class TestRunner(unittest.TestCase):
         result = self._run('git', [ "repo=\"file:///tmp/gitdemo\"", "dest=/tmp/gd", "force=yes" ])
         assert result['changed']
 
-    def test_subversion(self):
-        # TODO make an svn repo locally so as to avoid tests failing on network calls
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings','state=absent'])
-        # hacking/test-module -m library/subversion
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        assert "dest" in result['msg']
-        assert "repo" in result['msg']
-        # hacking/test-module -m library/subversion -a "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\""
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        assert "dest" in result['msg']
-        # hacking/test-module -m library/subversion -a "dest=\"/tmp/gnconf\""
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "dest=\"/tmp/gnconf\"" ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        assert "repo" in result['msg']
-        # when /tmp/meetings doesn't exist:
-        # hacking/test-module -m library/subversion -a "repo=\"repo\" dest=\"/tmp/gnconf\""
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['changed']
-        # when /tmp/meetings exists, but nothing has changed.
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert not result['changed']
-        # when /tmp/meetings is a folder, but its not an svn repo
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings','state=absent'])
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings','state=directory'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        # when /tmp/meetings is a file
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings','state=absent'])
-        self._run('command',['touch /tmp/meetings'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        # when /tmp/meetings is a folder, but its a different svn URL - should automatically switch
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings','state=absent'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/api-errata\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['changed']
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['changed']
-        assert result['after'][1] == 'URL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings'
-        # when /tmp/meetings is a folder, when its an older revision it should update
-        self._run('command',['svn up -r926415','chdir=/tmp/meetings'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert result['changed']
-        assert result['before'][0] == 'Revision: 926415'
-        assert result['after'][0] != 'Revision: 926415'
-        # when /tmp/meetings has dirty files in it, ignore them:
-        self._run('command',['touch /tmp/meetings/adirtyfile'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"" ])
-        assert not result['changed'] # no changes to the repo
-        # when /tmp/meetings has modified file in it, fail:
-        self._run('file',['path=/tmp/meetings/adirtyfile','state=absent'])
-        self._run('command',['cp /tmp/meetings/berlin-11-agenda /tmp/meetings/svn-vision-agenda'])
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"","force=no" ])
-        assert result['failed']
-        # when /tmp/meetings has a modified file but force is set to yes, then just override it.
-        result = self._run('subversion', [ "repo=\"http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/meetings\"","dest=\"/tmp/meetings\"","force=yes" ])
-        assert result['changed'] # no changes to the repo
-
     def test_large_output(self):
         large_path = "/usr/share/dict/words"
         if not os.path.exists(large_path):