diff --git a/test/system/075-exec.bats b/test/system/075-exec.bats
index 53f0c20b55..0c0f7cab8f 100644
--- a/test/system/075-exec.bats
+++ b/test/system/075-exec.bats
@@ -136,20 +136,6 @@ load helpers
     run_podman rm -t 0 -f $cid
 }
 
-@test "podman exec --wait" {
-    skip_if_remote "test is meaningless over remote"
-
-    # wait on bogus container
-    run_podman 125 exec --wait 5 "bogus_container" echo hello
-    assert "$output" = "Error: timed out waiting for container: bogus_container"
-
-    run_podman create --name "wait_container" $IMAGE top
-    run_podman 255 exec --wait 5 "wait_container" echo hello
-    assert "$output" = "Error: can only create exec sessions on running containers: container state improper"
-
-    run_podman rm -f wait_container
-}
-
 @test "podman run umask" {
     umask="0724"
     run_podman run --rm -q $IMAGE grep Umask /proc/self/status