diff --git a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
index 8d80e7af95c..db099461023 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
@@ -17,19 +17,11 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_nonexisting(self):
         self.assertRaises(OSError, startfile, "nonexisting.vbs")
 
-    def test_nonexisting_u(self):
-        self.assertRaises(OSError, startfile, "nonexisting.vbs")
-
     def test_empty(self):
         empty = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "empty.vbs")
         startfile(empty)
         startfile(empty, "open")
 
-    def test_empty_u(self):
-        empty = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "empty.vbs")
-        startfile(str(empty, "mbcs"))
-        startfile(str(empty, "mbcs"), "open")
-
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(TestCase)