diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 10d08696..61cc21e3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ test:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-base
   script:
     - $pip install -e .[test]
-    # the `fdroid build` test in tests/run-tests needs android-23
-    - echo y | $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-23" > /dev/null
     - cd tests
     - ./complete-ci-tests
 
diff --git a/tests/run-tests b/tests/run-tests
index 16d0bdfd..ccf1bd40 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests
+++ b/tests/run-tests
@@ -219,20 +219,6 @@ $fdroid readmeta
 $fdroid update
 
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-echo_header 'run "fdroid build" in fresh git checkout from import.TestCase'
-
-cd $WORKSPACE/tests/tmp/importer
-git remote update -p
-git clean -fdx
-# stick with known working commit, in case future commits break things for this code
-git reset --hard fea54e1161d5eb9eb1a54e26253ef84d3ab63705
-if [ -d $ANDROID_HOME/platforms/android-23 && -d $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/23.0.3 ]; then
-    $fdroid build --verbose org.fdroid.ci.test.app:300
-else
-    echo 'WARNING: Skipping "fdroid build" test since android-23 is missing!'
-fi
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 echo_header 'copy git import and run "fdroid scanner" on it'