diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 9d12299c7..072d0822d 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -253,37 +253,6 @@ let
           nix = build.${system}; inherit system;
         });
 
-    tests.binaryTarball =
-      with import nixpkgs { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
-      vmTools.runInLinuxImage (runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-test"
-        { diskImage = vmTools.diskImages.ubuntu2004x86_64;
-        }
-        ''
-          set -x
-          useradd -m alice
-          su - alice -c 'tar xf ${binaryTarball.x86_64-linux}/*.tar.*'
-          mkdir /dest-nix
-          mount -o bind /dest-nix /nix # Provide a writable /nix.
-          chown alice /nix
-          su - alice -c '_NIX_INSTALLER_TEST=1 ./nix-*/install'
-          su - alice -c 'nix-store --verify'
-          su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${build.x86_64-linux}'
-
-          # Check whether 'nix upgrade-nix' works.
-          cat > /tmp/paths.nix <<EOF
-          {
-            x86_64-linux = "${build.x86_64-linux}";
-          }
-          EOF
-          su - alice -c 'nix upgrade-nix -vvv --nix-store-paths-url file:///tmp/paths.nix'
-          (! [ -L /home/alice/.profile-1-link ])
-          su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${build.x86_64-linux}'
-
-          mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-          touch $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-          umount /nix
-        ''); # */
-
     /*
     tests.evalNixpkgs =
       import (nixpkgs + "/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix") {