diff --git a/tests/test_overall.py b/tests/test_overall.py
index 70c34a6a..16ac2f83 100644
--- a/tests/test_overall.py
+++ b/tests/test_overall.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import unittest
-import tabnanny
 import compileall
 
+
 class TestOverall(unittest.TestCase):
 
     """
@@ -18,9 +18,5 @@ class TestOverall(unittest.TestCase):
         rx = re.compile('/[.]svn|.*26.*')
         self.assertTrue(compileall.compile_dir(src, rx=rx, quiet=True))
 
-    def testTabNanny(self):
-        """Testing that indentation is consistent"""
-        self.assertFalse(tabnanny.check('..%sslixmpp' % os.sep))
-
 
 suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestOverall)