diff --git a/ckan/tests/__init__.py b/ckan/tests/__init__.py
index 4a57f0cd60f..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# FIXME: remove everything in this file for ckan 2.5
-import sys
-
-
-class _LegacyTestsBackwardsCompat(object):
-    """
-    Import provides (temporarily) backward compatibility for extensions that
-    pre-date the move of tests from ckan.tests to ckan.test.legacy.
-    """
-
-    # things our object-pretending-to-be-a-module need:
-    __path__ = __path__
-    __name__ = __name__
-
-    def __getattr__(self, name):
-        import ckan.tests.legacy
-        import logging
-        value = getattr(ckan.tests.legacy, name)
-        log = logging.getLogger('ckan.tests')
-        log.warn(
-            "ckan.tests has been renamed to ckan.tests.legacy."
-            "In the next release legacy tests will only be available "
-            "from ckan.tests.legacy.")
-        return value
-
-# https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2012-May/014969.html
-sys.modules[__name__] = _LegacyTestsBackwardsCompat()