diff --git a/test/test_extlibs.rb b/test/test_extlibs.rb
index 9b6676416c..0b4dec359d 100644
--- a/test/test_extlibs.rb
+++ b/test/test_extlibs.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,5 @@ class TestExtLibs < Test::Unit::TestCase
   check_existence "stringio"
   check_existence "strscan"
   check_existence "thread"
-  check_existence "win32ole"
   check_existence "zlib", "this may be false positive, but should assert because rubygems requires this"
 end