diff --git a/spec/main-process/atom-application.test.js b/spec/main-process/atom-application.test.js
index f0418a78c84..d92094bbfb5 100644
--- a/spec/main-process/atom-application.test.js
+++ b/spec/main-process/atom-application.test.js
@@ -727,43 +727,6 @@ describe('AtomApplication', function() {
         assert.deepEqual(app.getAllWindows().map(w => Array.from(w._rootPaths)), [paths])
       })
     })
-
-    it('allows reopening an existing project after all windows are closed', async () => {
-      const tempDirPath = makeTempDir('reopen')
-
-      const atomApplication = buildAtomApplication()
-      sinon.stub(atomApplication, 'promptForPathToOpen')
-
-      // Open a window and then close it, leaving the app running
-      const [window] = await atomApplication.launch(parseCommandLine([]))
-      await focusWindow(window)
-      window.close()
-      await window.closedPromise
-
-      // Reopen one of the recent projects
-      atomApplication.emit('application:reopen-project', { paths: [tempDirPath] })
-
-      const windows = atomApplication.getAllWindows()
-
-      assert(windows.length === 1)
-
-      await focusWindow(windows[0])
-
-      await conditionPromise(
-        async () => (await getTreeViewRootDirectories(windows[0])).length === 1
-      )
-
-      // Check that the project was opened correctly.
-      assert.deepEqual(
-        await evalInWebContents(
-          windows[0].browserWindow.webContents,
-          send => {
-            send(atom.project.getPaths())
-          }
-        ),
-        [tempDirPath]
-      )
-    })
   }
 
   describe('existing application re-use', function() {