diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
index ea9e969ae..ee347a60c 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ if [[ $SPDK_TEST_URING -eq 0 ]]; then
 	run_test "nvmf_filesystem" test/nvmf/target/filesystem.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
 	run_test "nvmf_discovery" test/nvmf/target/discovery.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
 	run_test "nvmf_connect_disconnect" test/nvmf/target/connect_disconnect.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
-	run_test "nvmf_create_transport" test/nvmf/target/create_transport.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
 	run_test "nvmf_multitarget" test/nvmf/target/multitarget.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
 	run_test "nvmf_rpc" test/nvmf/target/rpc.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
 	run_test "nvmf_invalid" test/nvmf/target/invalid.sh "${TEST_ARGS[@]}"
diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/create_transport.sh b/test/nvmf/target/create_transport.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 633b81562..000000000
--- a/test/nvmf/target/create_transport.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
-rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
-source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
-source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
-
-NULL_BDEV_SIZE=102400
-NULL_BLOCK_SIZE=512
-
-rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
-
-if ! hash nvme; then
-	echo "nvme command not found; skipping create transport test"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-nvmftestinit
-nvmfappstart -m 0xF
-
-# Use nvmf_create_transport call to create transport
-$rpc_py nvmf_create_transport $NVMF_TRANSPORT_OPTS -u 8192
-
-null_bdevs="$($rpc_py bdev_null_create Null0 $NULL_BDEV_SIZE $NULL_BLOCK_SIZE) "
-null_bdevs+="$($rpc_py bdev_null_create Null1 $NULL_BDEV_SIZE $NULL_BLOCK_SIZE)"
-
-$rpc_py nvmf_create_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -a -s SPDK00000000000001
-for null_bdev in $null_bdevs; do
-	$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_ns nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 $null_bdev
-done
-$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT
-$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener discovery -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT
-
-nvme discover -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT
-
-echo "Perform nvmf subsystem discovery via RPC"
-$rpc_py nvmf_get_subsystems
-
-$rpc_py nvmf_delete_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1
-
-for null_bdev in $null_bdevs; do
-	$rpc_py bdev_null_delete $null_bdev
-done
-
-check_bdevs=$($rpc_py bdev_get_bdevs | jq -r '.[].name')
-if [ -n "$check_bdevs" ]; then
-	echo $check_bdevs
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
-
-nvmftestfini