diff --git a/src/object/links.js b/src/object/links.js
index e9961a6e3..04b757597 100644
--- a/src/object/links.js
+++ b/src/object/links.js
@@ -162,42 +162,5 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
         })
       })
     })
-
-    it('should get links from CBOR object', (done) => {
-      const hashes = []
-      ipfs.add(Buffer.from('test data'), (err, res1) => {
-        expect(err).to.not.exist()
-        hashes.push(res1[0].hash)
-        ipfs.add(Buffer.from('more test data'), (err, res2) => {
-          hashes.push(res2[0].hash)
-          expect(err).to.not.exist()
-          const obj = {
-            some: 'data',
-            mylink: { '/': hashes[0] },
-            myobj: {
-              anotherLink: { '/': hashes[1] }
-            }
-          }
-          ipfs.dag.put(obj, (err, cid) => {
-            expect(err).to.not.exist()
-            ipfs.object.links(cid, (err, links) => {
-              expect(err).to.not.exist()
-              expect(links.length).to.eql(2)
-
-              // TODO: js-ipfs succeeds but go returns empty strings for link name
-              // const names = [links[0].name, links[1].name]
-              // expect(names).includes('mylink')
-              // expect(names).includes('myobj/anotherLink')
-
-              const cids = [links[0].cid.toString(), links[1].cid.toString()]
-              expect(cids).includes(hashes[0])
-              expect(cids).includes(hashes[1])
-
-              done()
-            })
-          })
-        })
-      })
-    })
   })
 }