diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5311ad..9a9fd4e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "airtap": "0.0.7",
     "buffer": "~5.1.0",
-    "encoding-down": "~5.0.2",
     "levelup": "~3.0.0",
     "pinkie": "~2.0.4",
     "standard": "^11.0.1",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 666f6b3..9aadf2b 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -32,4 +32,3 @@ require('abstract-leveldown/abstract/iterator-range-test').all(leveljs, test, te
 require('./custom-test')(leveljs, test, testCommon)
 require('./structured-clone-test')(leveljs, test, testCommon)
 require('./key-type-test')(leveljs, test, testCommon)
-require('./levelup-test')(leveljs, test, testCommon)
diff --git a/test/levelup-test.js b/test/levelup-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9983fc1..0000000
--- a/test/levelup-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-// NOTE: Temporary integration tests, can be removed later. Remember
-// to also remove the encoding-down devDependency.
-
-var levelup = require('levelup')
-var encoding = require('encoding-down')
-
-module.exports = function (leveljs, test, testCommon) {
-  test('setup', testCommon.setUp)
-
-  test('levelup put', function (t) {
-    t.plan(4)
-
-    var down = leveljs(testCommon.location())
-    var db = levelup(down)
-
-    db.put('name', 'LevelUP string', function (err) {
-      t.ifError(err, 'no put error')
-
-      db.get('name', { asBuffer: false }, function (err, value) {
-        t.ifError(err, 'no get error')
-        t.is(value, 'LevelUP string')
-
-        db.close(function (err) {
-          t.ifError(err, 'no close error')
-        })
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
-  test('binary', function (t) {
-    t.plan(9)
-
-    var down = leveljs(testCommon.location())
-    var db = levelup(encoding(down, { valueEncoding: 'binary' }))
-    var buf = Buffer.from('00ff', 'hex')
-
-    db.put('binary', buf, function (err) {
-      t.ifError(err, 'no put error')
-
-      db.get('binary', function (err, value) {
-        t.ifError(err, 'no get error')
-        t.ok(Buffer.isBuffer(value), 'is a buffer')
-        t.same(value, buf)
-
-        db.get('binary', { valueEncoding: 'id' }, function (err, value) {
-          t.ifError(err, 'no get error')
-          t.notOk(Buffer.isBuffer(value), 'is not a buffer')
-          t.ok(value instanceof Uint8Array, 'is a Uint8Array')
-          t.same(Buffer.from(value), buf)
-
-          db.close(function (err) {
-            t.ifError(err, 'no close error')
-          })
-        })
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
-  test('teardown', testCommon.tearDown)
-}