diff --git a/compilerAst/test/TestAstToSourceCode.kt b/compilerAst/test/TestAstToSourceCode.kt
index 4a27c7463..b179b48b9 100644
--- a/compilerAst/test/TestAstToSourceCode.kt
+++ b/compilerAst/test/TestAstToSourceCode.kt
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ class TestAstToSourceCode {
         assertContains(txt, Regex(";.*$internedStringsModuleName"))
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun testTargetDirectiveAndComment() {
-        val orig = SourceCode.of("%target 42  ; invalid arg - shouldn't matter\n")
-        val (txt, _) = roundTrip(parseModule(orig))
-        // assertContains has *actual* first!
-        assertContains(txt, Regex("%target +42"))
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun testImportDirectiveWithLib() {
         val orig = SourceCode.of("%import textio\n")