diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
index 35e8b3e0e485a73114c56f85df73d572323ce7d9..1eb036b7d2a77631e06565a4e44023ab1dee432a 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@ class TestAttributeTypes(base.TestCase):
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(d)
 
-    def test_set_measure_time(self):
-        # # create a frame tied to the reference position
-        reference_itrf = [3826577.066, 461022.948, 5064892.786]  # CS002LBA, in ITRF2005 epoch 2012.5
-        d = delay_calculator(reference_itrf)
-
-        # # set the timestamp to solve for
-        timestamp = datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 5)
-        d.set_measure_time(timestamp)
-
-        self.assertIsNotNone(d)
-
     def test_sun(self):
         # # create a frame tied to the reference position
         reference_itrf = [3826577.066, 461022.948, 5064892.786]  # CS002LBA, in ITRF2005 epoch 2012.5