diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index 4290653cf0c..551833973cd 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -258,14 +258,6 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals(404, this.response.getStatus());
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void directoryInJarFile() throws Exception {
-		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "underscorejs/");
-		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
-		assertEquals(200, this.response.getStatus());
-		assertEquals(0, this.response.getContentLength());
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void missingResourcePath() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "");