diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/EscUrl.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/EscUrl.php
index 478d385fc7..9b97a92df8 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/EscUrl.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/EscUrl.php
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@ class Tests_Formatting_EscUrl extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 'feed:http://wordpress.org/feed/', esc_url( 'feed:http://wordpress.org/feed/' ) );
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @ticket 16859
-	 */
-	function test_square_brackets() {
-		$this->assertEquals( 'http://example.com/?foo%5Bbar%5D=baz', esc_url( 'http://example.com/?foo[bar]=baz' ) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 'http://example.com/?baz=bar&foo%5Bbar%5D=baz', esc_url( 'http://example.com/?baz=bar&foo[bar]=baz' ) );
-		//IPv6 addresses in urls - RFC2732
-		$this->assertEquals( 'http://[::FFFF::127.0.0.1]', esc_url( 'http://[::FFFF::127.0.0.1]' ) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 'http://[::127.0.0.1]', esc_url( 'http://[::127.0.0.1]' ) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 'http://[::DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF]', esc_url( 'http://[::DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF:DEAD:BEEF]' ) );
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 21974
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
index ef55b5c0f1..dec5d404b0 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/MakeClickable.php
@@ -364,23 +364,6 @@ class Tests_Formatting_MakeClickable extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( $in, $out );
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @ticket 16859
-	 */
-	function test_square_brackets() {
-		$urls_before = array(
-			'http://example.com/?foo[bar]=baz',
-			'http://example.com/?baz=bar&foo[bar]=baz',
-		);
-		$urls_expected = array(
-			'<a href="http://example.com/?foo%5Bbar%5D=baz" rel="nofollow">http://example.com/?foo%5Bbar%5D=baz</a>',
-			'<a href="http://example.com/?baz=bar&#038;foo%5Bbar%5D=baz" rel="nofollow">http://example.com/?baz=bar&#038;foo%5Bbar%5D=baz</a>',
-		);
-		foreach ($urls_before as $key => $url) {
-			$this->assertEquals( $urls_expected[$key], make_clickable( $url ) );
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 19028
 	 */