diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/java/org/pitest/PitMojoIT.java b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/java/org/pitest/PitMojoIT.java
index 6a9b2f38b..b480d6cc2 100755
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/java/org/pitest/PitMojoIT.java
+++ b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/java/org/pitest/PitMojoIT.java
@@ -99,23 +99,6 @@ public void shouldProduceConsistantCoverageData() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(firstRun, secondRun);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  // debatable if this test should be here. Relies on external testng plugin
-  public void shouldWorkWithTestNG() throws Exception {
-    File testDir = prepare("/pit-testng");
-    verifier.executeGoal("test");
-    verifier.executeGoal("org.pitest:pitest-maven:mutationCoverage");
-
-    String actual = readResults(testDir);
-    assertThat(actual)
-        .contains(
-            "<mutation detected='true' status='KILLED' numberOfTestsRun='3'><sourceFile>Covered.java</sourceFile>");
-    assertThat(actual)
-        .contains(
-            "<mutation detected='false' status='NO_COVERAGE' numberOfTestsRun='0'><sourceFile>Covered.java</sourceFile>");
-    assertThat(actual).doesNotContain("status='RUN_ERROR'");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void shouldExcludeSpecifiedJUnitCategories() throws Exception {
     File testDir = prepare("/pit-junit-categories");
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/pom.xml b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76f3e55d7..000000000
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>org.example</groupId>
-	<artifactId>basic-testng-check</artifactId>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>basic-testng-check</name>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-			<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-			<version>7.7.0</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-				<artifactId>pitest-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>${pit.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-                    <testPlugin>testng</testPlugin>
-                    <outputFormats><value>XML</value></outputFormats>
-					<features>+CLASSLIMIT(limit[6])</features>
-				    <timestampedReports>false</timestampedReports>
-					<targetClasses><param>com.example*</param></targetClasses>
-					<verbose>true</verbose>
-				</configuration>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
-						<artifactId>pitest-testng-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.0.0</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/main/java/com/example/Covered.java b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/main/java/com/example/Covered.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bc0a1fdfd..000000000
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/main/java/com/example/Covered.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package com.example;
-
-public class Covered {
-
-  public static int someCode(int i) {
-    if ( i == 0 ) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-    
-    if ( i == 2 ) {
-      return 42;
-    }
-    
-    return i;
-  }
-  
-}
diff --git a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/test/java/com/example/ATest.java b/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/test/java/com/example/ATest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7471b70e7..000000000
--- a/pitest-maven-verification/src/test/resources/pit-testng/src/test/java/com/example/ATest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package com.example;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-@org.testng.annotations.Test
-public class ATest {
-  
-  public void aTest() {
-    assertEquals(1, Covered.someCode(0));
-  }
-
-  public void anotherTest() {
-    assertEquals(42, Covered.someCode(2));
-  }
-
-}