diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95bea087641..ff9edfd1711 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "uuid": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "graphql": "^0.5.0 || ^0.6.0 || ^0.7.0 || ^0.8.0"
+    "graphql": "^0.5.0 || ^0.6.0 || ^0.7.0 || ^0.8.0 || ^0.9.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "@types/graphql": "^0.8.5"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.15.0",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "express": "^4.13.4",
-    "graphql": "^0.8.1",
+    "graphql": "^0.9.0",
     "graphql-subscriptions": "^0.2.0",
     "graphql-type-json": "^0.1.3",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
diff --git a/src/test/testSchemaGenerator.ts b/src/test/testSchemaGenerator.ts
index 968bed119ee..ca01619047a 100644
--- a/src/test/testSchemaGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/test/testSchemaGenerator.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 import { assert, expect } from 'chai';
 import {
   graphql,
-  GraphQLInt,
-  GraphQLObjectType,
-  GraphQLSchema,
   GraphQLResolveInfo,
   GraphQLScalarType,
   Kind,
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   addErrorLoggingToSchema,
   addSchemaLevelResolveFunction,
   attachConnectorsToContext,
-  assertResolveFunctionsPresent,
   chainResolvers,
   concatenateTypeDefs,
 } from '../schemaGenerator';
@@ -832,27 +828,6 @@ describe('generating schema from shorthand', () => {
     assert.doesNotThrow(makeExecutableSchema.bind(null, { typeDefs: short, resolvers: rf }), SchemaError);
   });
 
-  it('throws an error if field.resolve is not a function', () => {
-    const schema = new GraphQLSchema({
-      query: new GraphQLObjectType(<any> {
-        name: 'Query',
-        fields: {
-          aField: {
-            type: GraphQLInt,
-            args: { a: { type: GraphQLInt } },
-            resolve: 'NOT A FUNCTION',
-          },
-        },
-      }),
-    });
-
-    const resolverValidationOptions: IResolverValidationOptions = {
-      requireResolversForArgs: true,
-    };
-
-    expect(() => assertResolveFunctionsPresent(schema, resolverValidationOptions)).to.throw('Resolver "Query.aField" must be a function');
-  });
-
   it('throws an error if a resolver is not a function', () => {
     const short = `
     type Query{