diff --git a/tests/simple/meson.build b/tests/simple/meson.build
index 2c735d80a..ae4d50f2a 100644
--- a/tests/simple/meson.build
+++ b/tests/simple/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 testnames = [
-  'backend-file',
   'buffer-cast',
   'buffer-changes',
   'buffer-extract',