diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
index fd94f9f32cc..6427368fd67 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
@@ -815,10 +815,6 @@ def notification():
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(f1.exception(timeout=5), IOError))
 
 def test_main():
-    # FIXME: remove this temporary hack to check a failure
-    # on "x86 FreeBSD 7.2 3.x"  buildbot
-    import os; os.system("ulimit -a")
-
     test.support.run_unittest(ProcessPoolExecutorTest,
                               ThreadPoolExecutorTest,
                               ProcessPoolWaitTests,