diff --git a/tests/utils/test_asyncio.py b/tests/utils/test_asyncio.py

index 9e66c124e..01f104eed 100644

--- a/tests/utils/test_asyncio.py

+++ b/tests/utils/test_asyncio.py

@@ -49,26 +49,3 @@ async def test_subprocess_check_output(loop, tmpdir):

     path = str(tmpdir / "test")

     result = await subprocess_check_output("echo", "-n", path)

     assert result == path

-

-

-async def test_lock_decorator():

-    """

-    The test check if the the second call to method_to_lock wait for the

-    first call to finish

-    """

-

-    class TestLock:

-

-        def __init__(self):

-            self._test_val = 0

-

-        @locking

-        async def method_to_lock(self):

-            result = self._test_val

-            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)

-            self._test_val += 1

-            return result

-

-    i = TestLock()

-    res = set(await asyncio.gather(i.method_to_lock(), i.method_to_lock()))

-    assert res == set((0, 1,))  # We use a set to test this to avoid order issue