diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_init.py b/sklearn/tests/test_init.py
index 75c9dd92129f4..17f12e8da478e 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_init.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_init.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # Basic unittests to test functioning of module's top-level
 
-import subprocess
-
-import pkgutil
-
-import pytest
-
-import sklearn
 from sklearn.utils.testing import assert_equal
 
 __author__ = 'Yaroslav Halchenko'
@@ -25,37 +18,3 @@ def test_import_skl():
     # "import *" is discouraged outside of the module level, hence we
     # rely on setting up the variable above
     assert_equal(_top_import_error, None)
-
-
-def test_import_sklearn_no_warnings():
-    # Test that importing scikit-learn main modules doesn't raise any warnings.
-
-    try:
-        pkgs = pkgutil.iter_modules(path=sklearn.__path__, prefix='sklearn.')
-        import_modules = '; '.join(['import ' + modname
-                                    for _, modname, _ in pkgs
-                                    if (not modname.startswith('_') and
-                                        # add deprecated top level modules
-                                        # below to ignore them
-                                        modname not in [])])
-
-        message = subprocess.check_output(['python', '-Wdefault',
-                                           '-c', import_modules],
-                                          stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-        message = message.decode("utf-8")
-        message = '\n'.join([line for line in message.splitlines()
-                             if not (
-                                     # ignore ImportWarning due to Cython
-                                     "ImportWarning" in line or
-                                     # ignore DeprecationWarning due to pytest
-                                     "pytest" in line or
-                                     # ignore DeprecationWarnings due to
-                                     # numpy.oldnumeric
-                                     "oldnumeric" in line
-                                     )])
-        assert 'Warning' not in message
-        assert 'Error' not in message
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        pytest.skip('soft-failed test_import_sklearn_no_warnings.\n'
-                    ' %s, \n %s' % (e, message))