diff --git a/lldb/test/API/python_api/process/TestProcessAPI.py b/lldb/test/API/python_api/process/TestProcessAPI.py
index afcc9d7cdee0d..c56053dad0cf1 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/python_api/process/TestProcessAPI.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/python_api/process/TestProcessAPI.py
@@ -73,22 +73,6 @@ def test_read_memory(self):
             exe=False,
             startstr=b'x')
 
-        if self.platformIsDarwin():
-          # Try to read an impossibly large amount of memory; swig
-          # will try to malloc it and fail, we should get an error 
-          # result.
-          error = lldb.SBError()
-          bigsize = sys.maxsize - 8;
-          content = process.ReadMemory(
-                  val.AddressOf().GetValueAsUnsigned(), 
-                  bigsize, error)
-          if error.Success():
-              self.assertFalse(error.Success(), "SBProcessReadMemory claims to have "
-                        "successfully read 0x%x bytes" % bigsize)
-          if self.TraceOn():
-              print("Tried to read 0x%x bytes, got error message: %s" %
-                    (bigsize, error.GetCString()))
-
         # Read (char *)my_char_ptr.
         val = frame.FindValue("my_char_ptr", lldb.eValueTypeVariableGlobal)
         self.DebugSBValue(val)