diff --git a/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py b/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
index e9bb675b0..698e04b79 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ PERFECT_FILES = [
         'qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/tabindex.py'),
     ('tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_textbase.py',
         'qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/textbase.py'),
-    ('tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_prompt.py',
-        'qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/prompt.py'),
     ('tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_url.py',
         'qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/url.py'),
     ('tests/unit/mainwindow/test_messageview.py',
diff --git a/tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_prompt.py b/tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_prompt.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 86c6122b1..000000000
--- a/tests/unit/mainwindow/statusbar/test_prompt.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
-
-# Copyright 2016 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
-#
-# This file is part of qutebrowser.
-#
-# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-"""Test Prompt widget."""
-
-import sip
-
-import pytest
-
-from qutebrowser.mainwindow.statusbar.prompt import Prompt
-from qutebrowser.utils import objreg
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def prompt(qtbot, win_registry):
-    prompt = Prompt(0)
-    qtbot.addWidget(prompt)
-
-    yield prompt
-
-    # If we don't clean up here, this test will remove 'prompter' from the
-    # objreg at some point in the future, which will cause some other test to
-    # fail.
-    sip.delete(prompt)
-
-
-def test_prompt(prompt):
-    prompt.show()
-    objreg.get('prompt', scope='window', window=0)
-    objreg.get('prompter', scope='window', window=0)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="This test is broken and I don't get why")
-def test_resizing(fake_statusbar, prompt):
-    fake_statusbar.hbox.addWidget(prompt)
-
-    prompt.txt.setText("Blah?")
-    old_width = prompt.lineedit.width()
-
-    prompt.lineedit.setText("Hello World" * 100)
-    assert prompt.lineedit.width() > old_width