diff --git a/test/syntax/slice.go b/test/syntax/slice.go
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index 7675ca18798..00000000000
--- a/test/syntax/slice.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// errchk $G -e $D/$F.go
-
-// Copyright 2010 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.
-
-package main
-
-var x = y[:z]	// ERROR "missing lower bound in slice expression|undefined"