diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 8a8cd838ce5d..ec7d5d52f7af 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ in {
   hibernate-systemd-stage-1 = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./hibernate.nix { systemdStage1 = true; };
   hitch = handleTest ./hitch {};
   hledger-web = handleTest ./hledger-web.nix {};
-  hocker-fetchdocker = handleTest ./hocker-fetchdocker {};
   hockeypuck = handleTest ./hockeypuck.nix { };
   home-assistant = handleTest ./home-assistant.nix {};
   hostname = handleTest ./hostname.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix b/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c06126c2e8..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
-  name = "test-hocker-fetchdocker";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ ixmatus ];
-    broken = true; # tries to download from registry-1.docker.io - how did this ever work?
-  };
-
-  nodes.machine = import ./machine.nix;
-
-  testScript = ''
-    start_all()
-
-    machine.wait_for_unit("sockets.target")
-    machine.wait_until_succeeds("docker run registry-1.docker.io/v2/library/hello-world:latest")
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/hello-world-container.nix b/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/hello-world-container.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a127875264e9..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/hello-world-container.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchDockerConfig, fetchDockerLayer, fetchdocker }:
-fetchdocker rec {
-    name = "hello-world";
-    registry = "https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/";
-    repository = "library";
-    imageName = "hello-world";
-    tag = "latest";
-    imageConfig = fetchDockerConfig {
-      inherit tag registry repository imageName;
-      sha256 = "1ivbd23hyindkahzfw4kahgzi6ibzz2ablmgsz6340vc6qr1gagj";
-    };
-    imageLayers = let
-      layer0 = fetchDockerLayer {
-        inherit registry repository imageName;
-        layerDigest = "ca4f61b1923c10e9eb81228bd46bee1dfba02b9c7dac1844527a734752688ede";
-        sha256 = "1plfd194fwvsa921ib3xkhms1yqxxrmx92r2h7myj41wjaqn2kya";
-      };
-      in [ layer0 ];
-  }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/machine.nix b/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/machine.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 885adebe1498..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/machine.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{ nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs': {
-    hello-world-container = pkgs'.callPackage ./hello-world-container.nix { };
-  };
-
-  virtualisation.docker = {
-    enable  = true;
-    package = pkgs.docker;
-  };
-
-  systemd.services.docker-load-fetchdocker-image = {
-    description = "Docker load hello-world-container";
-    wantedBy    = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    wants       = [ "docker.service" ];
-    after       = [ "docker.service" ];
-
-    script = ''
-      ${pkgs.hello-world-container}/compositeImage.sh | ${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker load
-    '';
-
-    serviceConfig = {
-      Type = "oneshot";
-    };
-  };
-}
-