diff --git a/library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs b/library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs
index 0fb099ef41911..67ba49db4d919 100644
--- a/library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,25 @@ fn test_fmt_debug_of_mut_reference() {
     assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", &mut x), "0");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_fmt_pointer() {
+    use std::rc::Rc;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    let p: *const u8 = std::ptr::null();
+    let rc = Rc::new(1usize);
+    let arc = Arc::new(1usize);
+    let b = Box::new("hi");
+
+    let _ = format!("{rc:p}{arc:p}{b:p}");
+
+    if cfg!(target_pointer_width = "32") {
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:#p}", p), "0x00000000");
+    } else {
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:#p}", p), "0x0000000000000000");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(format!("{:p}", p), "0x0");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_default_write_impls() {
     use core::fmt::Write;
diff --git a/tests/ui/traits/fmt-pointer-trait.rs b/tests/ui/traits/fmt-pointer-trait.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index edf734597f50a..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/traits/fmt-pointer-trait.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-//@ run-pass
-use std::ptr;
-use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-fn main() {
-    let p: *const u8 = ptr::null();
-    let rc = Rc::new(1usize);
-    let arc = Arc::new(1usize);
-    let b = Box::new("hi");
-
-    let _ = format!("{:p}{:p}{:p}",
-                    rc, arc, b);
-
-    if cfg!(target_pointer_width = "32") {
-        assert_eq!(format!("{:#p}", p),
-                   "0x00000000");
-    } else {
-        assert_eq!(format!("{:#p}", p),
-                   "0x0000000000000000");
-    }
-    assert_eq!(format!("{:p}", p),
-               "0x0");
-}