diff --git a/src/readme.html b/src/readme.html
index 63245eea0f..4835467bf5 100644
--- a/src/readme.html
+++ b/src/readme.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
-
Version 4.0.19
Semantic Personal Publishing Platform
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
index 724ff9cfe6..db0e78932c 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
$this->assertTrue($this->val);
}
- function test_readme() {
- $readme = file_get_contents( ABSPATH . 'readme.html' );
- preg_match( '#
Version (.*)#', $readme, $matches );
- list( $version ) = explode( '-', $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
- $this->assertEquals( $version, trim( $matches[1] ), "readme.html's version needs to be updated to $version." );
- }
-
function test_license() {
// This test is designed to only run on trunk/master
$this->skipOnAutomatedBranches();