diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
index ddfc1d5..b7e4e38 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
@@ -60,25 +60,6 @@
         resp, server = self.create_test_server(personality=person)
         self.assertEqual('202', resp['status'])
 
-    @test.attr(type='gate')
-    def test_create_server_with_existent_personality_file(self):
-        # Any existing file that match specified file will be renamed to
-        # include the bak extension appended with a time stamp
-
-        # TODO(zhikunliu): will add validations when ssh instance validation
-        # re-factor is ready
-        file_contents = 'This is a test file.'
-        personality = [{'path': '/test.txt',
-                       'contents': base64.b64encode(file_contents)}]
-        resp, server = self.create_test_server(personality=personality,
-                                               wait_until="ACTIVE")
-        resp, image = self.create_image_from_server(server['id'],
-                                                    wait_until="ACTIVE")
-        resp, server = self.create_test_server(image_id=image['id'],
-                                               personality=personality,
-                                               wait_until="ACTIVE")
-        self.assertEqual('202', resp['status'])
-
 
 class ServerPersonalityTestXML(ServerPersonalityTestJSON):
     _interface = "xml"