diff --git a/test/compressor_test.go b/test/compressor_test.go
index 0a629bcecdb5..0495a06f0968 100644
--- a/test/compressor_test.go
+++ b/test/compressor_test.go
@@ -785,62 +785,3 @@ func (s) TestGzipBadChecksum(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ss.Client.UnaryCall(_) = _, %v\n\twant: _, status(codes.Internal, contains %q)", err, gzip.ErrChecksum)
 	}
 }
-
-// fakeCompressor returns a messages of a configured size, irrespective of the
-// input.
-type fakeCompressor struct {
-	decompressedMessageSize int
-}
-
-func (f *fakeCompressor) Compress(w io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
-	return nopWriteCloser{w}, nil
-}
-
-func (f *fakeCompressor) Decompress(io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
-	return bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, f.decompressedMessageSize)), nil
-}
-
-func (f *fakeCompressor) Name() string {
-	// Use the name of an existing compressor to avoid interactions with other
-	// tests since compressors can't be un-registered.
-	return "gzip"
-}
-
-type nopWriteCloser struct {
-	io.Writer
-}
-
-func (nopWriteCloser) Close() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-// TestDecompressionExceedsMaxMessageSize uses a fake compressor that produces
-// messages of size 100 bytes on decompression. A server is started with the
-// max receive message size restricted to 99 bytes. The test verifies that the
-// client receives a ResourceExhausted response from the server.
-func (s) TestDecompressionExceedsMaxMessageSize(t *testing.T) {
-	oldC := encoding.GetCompressor("gzip")
-	defer func() {
-		encoding.RegisterCompressor(oldC)
-	}()
-	const messageLen = 100
-	encoding.RegisterCompressor(&fakeCompressor{decompressedMessageSize: messageLen})
-	ss := &stubserver.StubServer{
-		UnaryCallF: func(context.Context, *testpb.SimpleRequest) (*testpb.SimpleResponse, error) {
-			return &testpb.SimpleResponse{}, nil
-		},
-	}
-	if err := ss.Start([]grpc.ServerOption{grpc.MaxRecvMsgSize(messageLen - 1)}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error starting endpoint server: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer ss.Stop()
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	req := &testpb.SimpleRequest{Payload: &testpb.Payload{}}
-	_, err := ss.Client.UnaryCall(ctx, req, grpc.UseCompressor("gzip"))
-	if got, want := status.Code(err), codes.ResourceExhausted; got != want {
-		t.Errorf("Client.UnaryCall(%+v) returned status %v, want %v", req, got, want)
-	}
-}