diff --git a/lib/logger/throttler_test.go b/lib/logger/throttler_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 53f3c81a6..000000000
--- a/lib/logger/throttler_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package logger
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestLoggerWithThrottler(t *testing.T) {
-	lName := "test"
-	lThrottle := 50 * time.Millisecond
-
-	lt := WithThrottler(lName, lThrottle)
-	var i int
-	lt.warnF = func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-		i++
-	}
-
-	lt.Warnf("")
-	lt.Warnf("")
-	lt.Warnf("")
-
-	if i != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected logger will be throttled to 1; got %d instead", i)
-	}
-
-	time.Sleep(lThrottle * 2) // wait to throttle to fade off
-	// the same logger supposed to be return for the same name
-	WithThrottler(lName, lThrottle).Warnf("")
-	if i != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected logger to have 2 iterations; got %d instead", i)
-	}
-
-	logThrottlerRegistryMu.Lock()
-	registeredN := len(logThrottlerRegistry)
-	logThrottlerRegistryMu.Unlock()
-
-	if registeredN != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected only 1 logger to be registered; got %d", registeredN)
-	}
-}