diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index c98992d44..430d32e6a 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ fork05 fork05
 fork06 fork_procs -n 1000
 fork07 fork07
 fork08 fork08
-fork09 fork09
 fork10 fork10
 fork11 fork_procs -n 100
 fork13 fork13
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/.gitignore
index 55e30edb4..6a55df765 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /fork05
 /fork07
 /fork08
-/fork09
 /fork10
 /fork12
 /fork13
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork09.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork09.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 32bad89b3..000000000
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork09.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2001
- *
- *   This program 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 2 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   This program 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 this program;  if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- *
- * NAME
- *	fork09.c
- *
- * DESCRIPTION
- *	Check that child has access to a full set of files.
- *
- * ALGORITHM
- *	Parent opens a maximum number of files
- *	Child closes one and attempts to open another, it should be
- *	available
- *
- * USAGE
- *	fork09
- *
- * HISTORY
- *	07/2001 Ported by Wayne Boyer
- *
- *	10/2008 Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com>
- *		Fix maximum number of files open logic.
- *
- * RESTRICTIONS
- *	None
- */
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <unistd.h>		/* for _SC_OPEN_MAX */
-#include "test.h"
-#include "safe_macros.h"
-
-char *TCID = "fork09";
-int TST_TOTAL = 1;
-
-static void setup(void);
-static void cleanup(void);
-
-static char filname[40], childfile[40];
-static int first;
-static FILE **fildeses;		/* file streams */
-static int mypid, nfiles;
-
-#define OPEN_MAX (sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX))
-
-int main(int ac, char **av)
-{
-	int pid, status, nf;
-
-	int lc;
-
-	tst_parse_opts(ac, av, NULL, NULL);
-
-	setup();
-
-	fildeses = malloc((OPEN_MAX + 10) * sizeof(FILE *));
-	if (fildeses == NULL)
-		tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "malloc failed");
-
-	for (lc = 0; TEST_LOOPING(lc); lc++) {
-		tst_count = 0;
-		mypid = getpid();
-
-		tst_resm(TINFO, "OPEN_MAX is %ld", OPEN_MAX);
-
-		/* establish first free file */
-		sprintf(filname, "fork09.%d", mypid);
-		first = SAFE_CREAT(cleanup, filname, 0660);
-		close(first);
-
-		tst_resm(TINFO, "first file descriptor is %d ", first);
-
-		SAFE_UNLINK(cleanup, filname);
-
-		/*
-		 * now open all the files for the test
-		 */
-		for (nfiles = first; nfiles < OPEN_MAX; nfiles++) {
-			sprintf(filname, "file%d.%d", nfiles, mypid);
-			fildeses[nfiles] = fopen(filname, "a");
-			if (fildeses[nfiles] == NULL) {
-				/* Did we already reach OPEN_MAX ? */
-				if (errno == EMFILE)
-					break;
-				tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "Parent: cannot open "
-					 "file %d %s errno = %d", nfiles,
-					 filname, errno);
-			}
-#ifdef DEBUG
-			tst_resm(TINFO, "filname: %s", filname);
-#endif
-		}
-
-		tst_resm(TINFO, "Parent reporting %d files open", nfiles - 1);
-
-		pid = fork();
-		if (pid == -1)
-			tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "Fork failed");
-
-		if (pid == 0) {	/* child */
-			nfiles--;
-			if (fclose(fildeses[nfiles]) == -1) {
-				tst_resm(TINFO, "Child could not close file "
-					 "#%d, errno = %d", nfiles, errno);
-				exit(1);
-			} else {
-				sprintf(childfile, "cfile.%d", getpid());
-				fildeses[nfiles] = fopen(childfile, "a");
-				if (fildeses[nfiles] == NULL) {
-					tst_resm(TINFO, "Child could not open "
-						 "file %s, errno = %d",
-						 childfile, errno);
-					exit(1);
-				} else {
-					tst_resm(TINFO, "Child opened new "
-						 "file #%d", nfiles);
-					unlink(childfile);
-					exit(0);
-				}
-			}
-		} else {	/* parent */
-			wait(&status);
-			if (status >> 8 != 0)
-				tst_resm(TFAIL, "test 1 FAILED");
-			else
-				tst_resm(TPASS, "test 1 PASSED");
-		}
-
-		/* clean up things in case we are looping */
-		for (nf = first; nf < nfiles; nf++) {
-			fclose(fildeses[nf]);
-			sprintf(filname, "file%d.%d", nf, mypid);
-			unlink(filname);
-		}
-	}
-
-	cleanup();
-	tst_exit();
-}
-
-static void setup(void)
-{
-	tst_sig(FORK, DEF_HANDLER, cleanup);
-	umask(0);
-
-	TEST_PAUSE;
-	tst_tmpdir();
-}
-
-static void cleanup(void)
-{
-	tst_rmdir();
-}
