diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD b/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
index 1e48ec3bc7..a87ebd8c34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = [
         "density.go",
-        "empty.go",
         "framework.go",
         "load.go",
     ],
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/empty.go b/test/e2e/scalability/empty.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e80327562..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/empty.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package scalability
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-)
-
-var _ = SIGDescribe("Empty [Feature:Empty]", func() {
-	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("empty")
-
-	BeforeEach(func() {
-		c := f.ClientSet
-		ns := f.Namespace.Name
-
-		// TODO: respect --allow-notready-nodes flag in those functions.
-		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitForAllNodesSchedulable(c, framework.TestContext.NodeSchedulableTimeout))
-		framework.WaitForAllNodesHealthy(c, time.Minute)
-
-		err := framework.CheckTestingNSDeletedExcept(c, ns)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-	})
-
-	It("starts a pod", func() {
-		configs, _, _ := GenerateConfigsForGroup([]*v1.Namespace{f.Namespace}, "empty-pod", 1, 1, imageutils.GetPauseImageName(), []string{}, api.Kind("ReplicationController"), 0, 0)
-		if len(configs) != 1 {
-			framework.Failf("generateConfigs should have generated single config")
-		}
-		config := configs[0]
-		config.SetClient(f.ClientSet)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(config.Run())
-	})
-})