diff --git a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter17_test.go b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter17_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d0394db2..00000000
--- a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter17_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// +build go1.7,!go1.8
-
-package gcimporter
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func compileNewExport(t *testing.T, dirname, filename string) string {
-	/* testenv. */ MustHaveGoBuild(t)
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "tool", "compile", "-newexport", filename)
-	cmd.Dir = dirname
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Logf("%s", out)
-		t.Fatalf("go tool compile %s failed: %s", filename, err)
-	}
-	// filename should end with ".go"
-	return filepath.Join(dirname, filename[:len(filename)-2]+"o")
-}
-
-func TestImportTestdataNewExport(t *testing.T) {
-	// This package only handles gc export data.
-	if runtime.Compiler != "gc" {
-		t.Skipf("gc-built packages not available (compiler = %s)", runtime.Compiler)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if outFn := compileNewExport(t, "testdata", testfile); outFn != "" {
-		defer os.Remove(outFn)
-	}
-
-	// filename should end with ".go"
-	filename := testfile[:len(testfile)-3]
-	if pkg := testPath(t, "./testdata/"+filename, "."); pkg != nil {
-		// The package's Imports list must include all packages
-		// explicitly imported by testfile, plus all packages
-		// referenced indirectly via exported objects in testfile.
-		want := `[package ast ("go/ast") package token ("go/token")]`
-		got := fmt.Sprint(pkg.Imports())
-		if got != want {
-			t.Errorf(`Package("exports").Imports() = %s, want %s`, got, want)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
index 4e8f18bb..8941cfb3 100644
--- a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
+++ b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
@@ -147,10 +147,12 @@ func TestImportTestdata(t *testing.T) {
 		// The package's Imports list must include all packages
 		// explicitly imported by testfile, plus all packages
 		// referenced indirectly via exported objects in testfile.
-		// With the textual export format, the list may also include
-		// additional packages that are not strictly required for
-		// import processing alone (they are exported to err "on
-		// the safe side").
+		// With the textual export format (when run against Go1.6),
+		// the list may also include additional packages that are
+		// not strictly required for import processing alone (they
+		// are exported to err "on the safe side").
+		// For now, we just test the presence of a few packages
+		// that we know are there for sure.
 		got := fmt.Sprint(pkg.Imports())
 		for _, want := range []string{"go/ast", "go/token"} {
 			if !strings.Contains(got, want) {