diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_numa_servers.py b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_numa_servers.py
index 1a0b9be6b21e..69290b6763fd 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_numa_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_numa_servers.py
@@ -362,61 +362,3 @@ class NUMAServersWithNetworksTest(NUMAServersTestBase):
         network_metadata = args[1].network_metadata
         self.assertIsNotNone(network_metadata)
         self.assertEqual(set(['foo']), network_metadata.physnets)
-
-    def test_cold_migrate_with_physnet_fails(self):
-        host_infos = [
-            # host 1 has room on both nodes
-            fakelibvirt.NUMAHostInfo(cpu_nodes=2, cpu_sockets=1,
-                                     cpu_cores=2, cpu_threads=2,
-                                     kB_mem=15740000),
-            # host 2 has no second node, where the desired physnet is
-            # reported to be attached
-            fakelibvirt.NUMAHostInfo(cpu_nodes=1, cpu_sockets=1,
-                                     cpu_cores=1, cpu_threads=1,
-                                     kB_mem=15740000),
-        ]
-
-        # Start services
-        self.computes = {}
-        for host in ['test_compute0', 'test_compute1']:
-            host_info = host_infos.pop(0)
-            fake_connection = self._get_connection(host_info=host_info)
-            fake_connection.getHostname = lambda: host
-
-            # This is fun. Firstly we need to do a global'ish mock so we can
-            # actually start the service.
-            with mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.host.Host.get_connection',
-                            return_value=fake_connection):
-                compute = self.start_service('compute', host=host)
-
-            # Once that's done, we need to do some tweaks to each individual
-            # compute "service" to make sure they return unique objects
-            compute.driver._host.get_connection = lambda: fake_connection
-            self.computes[host] = compute
-
-        # Create server
-        extra_spec = {'hw:numa_nodes': '1'}
-        flavor_id = self._create_flavor(extra_spec=extra_spec)
-        networks = [
-            {'uuid': base.LibvirtNeutronFixture.network_1['id']},
-        ]
-
-        good_server = self._build_server(flavor_id)
-        good_server['networks'] = networks
-        post = {'server': good_server}
-
-        created_server = self.api.post_server(post)
-        server = self._wait_for_state_change(created_server, 'BUILD')
-
-        self.assertEqual('ACTIVE', server['status'])
-
-        # TODO(stephenfin): The mock of 'migrate_disk_and_power_off' should
-        # probably be less...dumb
-        with mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.driver.LibvirtDriver'
-                        '.migrate_disk_and_power_off', return_value='{}'):
-            ex = self.assertRaises(client.OpenStackApiException,
-                                   self.api.post_server_action,
-                                   server['id'], {'migrate': None})
-
-        self.assertEqual(400, ex.response.status_code)
-        self.assertIn('No valid host', six.text_type(ex))