diff --git a/tests/gio-ls.c b/tests/gio-ls.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ae74d476..000000000
--- a/tests/gio-ls.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-
-#include <gio/gio.h>
-
-#define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "gio-ls"
-#define N_(s) (s)
-#define _(s) (s)
-
-enum
-{
-  SHOW_ALL,
-  SHOW_LONG
-};
-
-static void print_path (const gchar* path, guint32 flags);
-
-static gboolean show_all = FALSE;
-static gboolean show_long = FALSE;
-
-int 
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  
-  GOptionContext *context = NULL;
-  static GOptionEntry options[] =
-  {
-    {"all", 'a', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &show_all,
-     N_("do not hide entries"), NULL },
-    {"long", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &show_long,
-     N_("use a long listing format"), NULL },
-    { NULL }
-  };
-  GError *error = NULL;
-  int i;
-
-  context = g_option_context_new(_("[FILE...]"));
-  g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
-  
-  if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error)) 
-    {
-      g_print ("%s", error->message);
-      g_error_free (error);
-      
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) 
-        {
-	  print_path (argv[i], (show_all ? SHOW_ALL : 0) | (show_long ? SHOW_LONG : 0));
-	}
-    }
-
-  g_option_context_free(context);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-static void 
-print_path (const gchar* path, 
-            guint32      flags)
-{
-  GFile *top;
-  const gchar *short_attrs = G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME;
-  const gchar *long_attrs = G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_USER "," G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_GROUP "," \
-			    "access:*,std:*";
-  const gchar *attrs;
-  
-  if (flags & SHOW_LONG)
-    attrs = long_attrs;
-  else
-    attrs = short_attrs;
-
-  top = g_file_new_for_path (path);
-  if (top)
-    {
-      GFileInfo *info;
-      GError *error = NULL;
-      GFileEnumerator *enumerator = g_file_enumerate_children (top, attrs, 
-                                                               G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS, NULL, &error);
-      if (error)
-        {
-	  g_print ("%s", error->message);
-	  g_error_free (error);
-	}
-      if (!enumerator)
-        return;
- 
-      while ((info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (enumerator, NULL, NULL)) != NULL)
-        {
-	  const gchar *name = g_file_info_get_name (info);
-
-          if (flags & SHOW_LONG)
-	    {
-	      const gchar *val;
-	      
-	      g_print ("%c%c%c%c ",
-		g_file_info_get_file_type (info) == G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY ? 'd' : '-',
-		g_file_info_get_attribute_boolean (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_READ) ? 'r' : '-',
-		g_file_info_get_attribute_boolean (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_WRITE) ? 'w' : '-',
-		g_file_info_get_attribute_boolean (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_EXECUTE) ? 'x' : '-');
-
-	      val = g_file_info_get_attribute_string (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_USER);
-	      g_print ("\t%15s", val ? val : "?user?");
-
-	      val = g_file_info_get_attribute_string (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_GROUP);
-	      g_print ("\t%15s", val ? val : "?group?");
-	    }
-	    
-	  g_print ("\t%s\n", name ? name : "?noname?");
-
-	  g_object_unref (info);
-	}
-
-      g_object_unref (top);
-    }
-}