diff --git a/test/acceptance/app-test.js b/test/acceptance/app-test.js
index c5ec5f53..5990e587 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/app-test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/app-test.js
@@ -860,30 +860,6 @@ describe('app.test', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    it('GET with slow python script exceeding statement timeout returns proper error message', function (done) {
-        assert.response(server, {
-            url: '/api/v1/sql?q=select%20py_sleep(2.1)',
-            headers: { host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com' },
-            method: 'GET'
-        },
-        {
-            // status: 429,  ---> Both 200 and 429 are valid
-            headers: {
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
-            }
-        },
-        function (err, res) {
-            assert.ifError(err);
-            var error = JSON.parse(res.body);
-            assert.deepStrictEqual(error.error, [
-                'You are over platform\'s limits: SQL query timeout error.' +
-                    ' Refactor your query before running again or contact CARTO support for more details.'
-            ]);
-
-            done();
-        });
-    });
-
     it('too large rows get into error log', function (done) {
         var dbMaxRowSize = global.settings.db_max_row_size;
         global.settings.db_max_row_size = 4;
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 8025d5e3..b30aa3e8 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ async function populateDatabase () {
     const filenames = [
         'test',
         'populated_places_simple_reduced',
-        'py_sleep',
         'quota_mock'
     ].map(filename => `${__dirname}/support/sql/${filename}.sql`);
 
diff --git a/test/support/sql/py_sleep.sql b/test/support/sql/py_sleep.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c48ba17..00000000
--- a/test/support/sql/py_sleep.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION py_sleep(t FLOAT8)
-RETURNS void AS $$
-  import time
-  time.sleep(t)
-$$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;