diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
index 13337fa90..49b5645ab 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
@@ -94,29 +94,6 @@ if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then
 	running_config
 fi
 
-# Start hotplug test case.
-$fio_py 1048576 128 rw 10 &
-fio_pid=$!
-
-sleep 3
-set +e
-$rpc_py delete_bdev 'Malloc0'
-
-wait $fio_pid
-fio_status=$?
-
-if [ $fio_status -eq 0 ]; then
-       echo "iscsi hotplug test: fio successful - expected failure"
-       iscsicleanup
-       rm -f $testdir/iscsi.conf
-       killprocess $pid
-       exit 1
-else
-       echo "iscsi hotplug test: fio failed as expected"
-fi
-
-set -e
-
 iscsicleanup
 $rpc_py delete_target_node 'iqn.2016-06.io.spdk:Target3'