diff --git a/test/functional/import-abort-rescan.py b/test/functional/import-abort-rescan.py
deleted file mode 100755
index ffe45bbb1..000000000
--- a/test/functional/import-abort-rescan.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-"""Test wallet import RPCs.
-
-Test rescan behavior of importprivkey when aborted. The test ensures that:
-1. The abortrescan command indeed stops the rescan process.
-2. Subsequent rescan catches the aborted address UTXO
-"""
-
-from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
-from test_framework.util import (assert_equal, get_rpc_proxy)
-from decimal import Decimal
-import threading # for bg importprivkey
-import time      # for sleep
-
-class ImportAbortRescanTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.setup_clean_chain = True
-
-    def run_test(self):
-        # Generate for BTC
-        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getbalance(), 0)
-        assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getbalance(), 0)
-        self.nodes[0].generate(300)
-        assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getbalance(), 0)
-        # Make blocks with spam to cause rescan delay
-        for i in range(5):
-            for j in range(5):
-                self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(), 0.1)
-            self.nodes[0].generate(10)
-        addr = self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()
-        privkey = self.nodes[0].dumpprivkey(addr)
-        self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr, 0.123)
-        self.nodes[0].generate(10) # mature tx
-        self.sync_all()
-
-        # Import this address in the background ...
-        node1ref = get_rpc_proxy(self.nodes[1].url, 1, timeout=600)
-        importthread = threading.Thread(target=node1ref.importprivkey, args=[privkey])
-        importthread.start()
-        # ... then abort rescan; try a bunch until abortres becomes true,
-        # because we will start checking before above thread starts processing
-        for i in range(2000):
-            time.sleep(0.001)
-            abortres = self.nodes[1].abortrescan()
-            if abortres: break
-        assert abortres # if false, we failed to abort
-        # import should die soon
-        for i in range(10):
-            time.sleep(0.1)
-            deadres = not importthread.isAlive()
-            if deadres: break
-
-        assert deadres # if false, importthread did not die soon enough
-        assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getbalance(), 0.0)
-
-        # Import a different address and let it run
-        self.nodes[1].importprivkey(self.nodes[0].dumpprivkey(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()))
-        # Expect original privkey to now also be discovered and added to balance
-        assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getbalance(), Decimal("0.123"))
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    ImportAbortRescanTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 0996b1bc2..2932f8297 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS= [
     'rpcnamedargs.py',
     'listsinceblock.py',
     'p2p-leaktests.py',
-    'import-abort-rescan.py',
 ]
 
 EXTENDED_SCRIPTS = [