diff --git a/src/RestrictedPython/tests/security_in_syntax.py b/src/RestrictedPython/tests/security_in_syntax.py
index d7f905c..08bb41a 100644
--- a/src/RestrictedPython/tests/security_in_syntax.py
+++ b/src/RestrictedPython/tests/security_in_syntax.py
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 # Each function in this module is compiled using compile_restricted().
 
 
-def except_using_bad_name():
-    try:
-        foo
-    except NameError, _leading_underscore:
-        # The name of choice (say, _write) is now assigned to an exception
-        # object.  Hard to exploit, but conceivable.
-        pass
-
-
 def keyword_arg_with_bad_name():
     def f(okname=1, __badname=2):
         pass