diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/GeneralTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/GeneralTests.java
index 0f1ab4c2f1..2908deae06 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/GeneralTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/GeneralTests.java
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-
 import org.jooq.ExecuteContext;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.Record;
@@ -266,11 +264,6 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testSerialisationOfSingletons() throws Exception {
-        Assert.assertSame(TBook(), runSerialisation(TBook()));
-    }
-
     public static class ConnectionProviderListener extends DefaultExecuteListener {
 
         /**
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index 1fcfcfce27..a983853508 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1837,11 +1837,6 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new GeneralTests(this).testSerialisation();
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testSerialisationOfSingletons() throws Exception {
-        new GeneralTests(this).testSerialisationOfSingletons();
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testARRAYType() throws Exception {
         new RoutineAndUDTTests(this).testARRAYType();