diff --git a/Lib/test/test_range.py b/Lib/test/test_range.py
index 4a6431e10f1842..3870b153688b25 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_range.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_range.py
@@ -677,11 +677,6 @@ def test_comparison(self):
                          hash(range(2**200, 2**201, 2**100)))
         self.assertNotEqual(range(2**200, 2**201, 2**100),
                             range(2**200, 2**201 + 1, 2**100))
-        # Empty ranges
-        self.assertEqual(range(32, 16), range(0))
-        self.assertEqual(hash(range(32, 16)), hash(range(0)))
-        self.assertEqual(range(2, 1, 3), range(0))
-        self.assertEqual(hash(range(2, 1, 3)), hash(range(0)))
 
         # Order comparisons are not implemented for ranges.
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):