diff --git a/gui/test/test.pro b/gui/test/test.pro
index f8fdcf2fe..9e2d2248f 100644
--- a/gui/test/test.pro
+++ b/gui/test/test.pro
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ SUBDIRS = benchmark \
     filelist \
     projectfile \
     translationhandler \
-    xmlreport \
     xmlreportv2
diff --git a/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.cpp b/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index de16797a7..000000000
--- a/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Cppcheck team.
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include "testxmlreport.h"
-#include "xmlreport.h"
-
-void TestXmlReport::testQuoteMessage()
-{
-    const QString toQuote("abcdefgh&\"'<>12345");
-    const QString quoted("abcdefgh&amp;&quot;&#039;&lt;&gt;12345");
-    QCOMPARE(XmlReport::quoteMessage(toQuote), quoted);
-}
-
-void TestXmlReport::testUnquoteMessage()
-{
-    const QString toQuote("abcdefgh&\"'<>12345");
-    const QString quoted("abcdefgh&amp;&quot;&#039;&lt;&gt;12345");
-    QCOMPARE(XmlReport::unquoteMessage(quoted), toQuote);
-}
-
-void TestXmlReport::testGetVersion1()
-{
-    const QString filepath(QString(SRCDIR) + "/../data/xmlfiles/xmlreport_v1.xml");
-    QCOMPARE(XmlReport::determineVersion(filepath), 1);
-}
-
-void TestXmlReport::testGetVersion2()
-{
-    const QString filepath(QString(SRCDIR) + "/../data/xmlfiles/xmlreport_v2.xml");
-    QCOMPARE(XmlReport::determineVersion(filepath), 2);
-}
-
-QTEST_MAIN(TestXmlReport)
diff --git a/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.h b/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 88b3ed206..000000000
--- a/gui/test/xmlreport/testxmlreport.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Cppcheck team.
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <QtTest/QtTest>
-#include <QObject>
-
-class TestXmlReport: public QObject {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-private slots:
-    void testQuoteMessage();
-    void testUnquoteMessage();
-    void testGetVersion1();
-    void testGetVersion2();
-};
diff --git a/gui/test/xmlreport/xmlreport.pro b/gui/test/xmlreport/xmlreport.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 22e8176b5..000000000
--- a/gui/test/xmlreport/xmlreport.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-TEMPLATE = app
-TARGET = test-xmlreport
-DEPENDPATH += .
-INCLUDEPATH += .
-OBJECTS_DIR = ../build
-MOC_DIR = ../build
-QT += testlib
-
-include(../common.pri)
-
-DEFINES += SRCDIR=\\\"$$PWD\\\"
-
-# tests
-SOURCES += testxmlreport.cpp
-
-HEADERS += testxmlreport.h