diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs
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index b04ac704df7..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-resource r(_r: int) {}
-
-fn main() {
-    let x = r(3);
-    *x = 4; //! ERROR assigning to resource content
-}
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