diff --git a/tests/test_ext_autosectionlabel.py b/tests/test_ext_autosectionlabel.py
index d2db4ae70..e26b3f3ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_ext_autosectionlabel.py
+++ b/tests/test_ext_autosectionlabel.py
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ def test_autosectionlabel_html(app, status, warning):
             '<span class="std std-ref">For UNIX users</span></a></li>')
     assert re.search(html, content, re.S)
 
-
-@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='ext-autosectionlabel')
-def test_autosectionlabel_html_apostrophe(app, status, warning):
-    app.builder.build_all()
-
-    content = (app.outdir / 'index.html').text()
+    # for smart_quotes (refs: #4027)
     html = (u'<li><a class="reference internal" '
             u'href="#this-one-s-got-an-apostrophe">'
             u'<span class="std std-ref">This one’s got an apostrophe'
@@ -52,9 +47,3 @@ def test_autosectionlabel_html_apostrophe(app, status, warning):
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='ext-autosectionlabel-prefix-document')
 def test_autosectionlabel_prefix_document_html(app, status, warning):
     return test_autosectionlabel_html(app, status, warning)
-
-
-# Re-use test definition from above, just change the test root directory
-@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='ext-autosectionlabel-prefix-document')
-def test_autosectionlabel_prefix_document_html_apostrophe(app, status, warning):
-    return test_autosectionlabel_html_apostrophe(app, status, warning)