diff --git a/test/hashing.jl b/test/hashing.jl
index 8146edafea130..7c3024640aa32 100644
--- a/test/hashing.jl
+++ b/test/hashing.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
-using Random, LinearAlgebra, SparseArrays
+using Random, LinearAlgebra
 isdefined(Main, :OffsetArrays) || @eval Main include("testhelpers/OffsetArrays.jl")
 using .Main.OffsetArrays
 
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ vals = Any[
     Dict(x => x for x in 1:10),
     Dict(7=>7,9=>9,4=>4,10=>10,2=>2,3=>3,8=>8,5=>5,6=>6,1=>1),
     [], [1], [2], [1, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 2], [1, 2, 2], [1, 3, 3],
-    zeros(2, 2), spzeros(2, 2), Matrix(1.0I, 2, 2), sparse(1.0I, 2, 2),
-    sparse(fill(1., 2, 2)), fill(1., 2, 2), sparse([0 0; 1 0]), [0 0; 1 0],
-    [-0. 0; -0. 0.], SparseMatrixCSC(2, 2, [1, 3, 3], [1, 2], [-0., -0.]),
+    zeros(2, 2), Matrix(1.0I, 2, 2), fill(1., 2, 2),
+    [-0. 0; -0. 0.],
     # issue #16364
     1:4, 1:1:4, 1:-1:0, 1.0:4.0, 1.0:1.0:4.0, range(1, stop=4, length=4),
     # issue #35597, when `LinearIndices` does not begin at 1
@@ -141,13 +140,6 @@ vals = Any[
     [5 1; 0 0], [1 1; 0 1], [0 2; 3 0], [0 2; 4 6], [4 0; 0 1],
     [0 0 0; 0 0 0], [1 0 0; 0 0 1], [0 0 2; 3 0 0], [0 0 7; 6 1 2],
     [4 0 0; 3 0 1], [0 2 4; 6 0 0],
-    # various stored zeros patterns
-    sparse([1], [1], [0]), sparse([1], [1], [-0.0]),
-    sparse([1, 2], [1, 1], [-0.0, 0.0]), sparse([1, 2], [1, 1], [0.0, -0.0]),
-    sparse([1, 2], [1, 1], [-0.0, 0.0], 3, 1), sparse([1, 2], [1, 1], [0.0, -0.0], 3, 1),
-    sparse([1, 3], [1, 1], [-0.0, 0.0], 3, 1), sparse([1, 3], [1, 1], [0.0, -0.0], 3, 1),
-    sparse([1, 2, 3], [1, 1, 1], [-1, 0, 1], 3, 1), sparse([1, 2, 3], [1, 1, 1], [-1.0, -0.0, 1.0], 3, 1),
-    sparse([1, 3], [1, 1], [-1, 0], 3, 1), sparse([1, 2], [1, 1], [-1, 0], 3, 1)
 ]
 
 for a in vals
@@ -155,7 +147,6 @@ for a in vals
     @test hash(convert(Array{Any}, a)) == hash(b)
     @test hash(convert(Array{supertype(eltype(a))}, a)) == hash(b)
     @test hash(convert(Array{Float64}, a)) == hash(b)
-    @test hash(sparse(a)) == hash(b)
     if !any(x -> isequal(x, -0.0), a)
         @test hash(convert(Array{Int}, a)) == hash(b)
         if all(x -> typemin(Int8) <= x <= typemax(Int8), a)
@@ -169,20 +160,6 @@ end
 @test hash(Any[Int8(127), Int8(-128), 129, 130]) ==
     hash([127, -128, 129, 130]) != hash([127,  128, 129, 130])
 
-# Test hashing sparse matrix with type which does not support -
-struct CustomHashReal
-    x::Float64
-end
-Base.hash(x::CustomHashReal, h::UInt) = hash(x.x, h)
-Base.:(==)(x::CustomHashReal, y::Number) = x.x == y
-Base.:(==)(x::Number, y::CustomHashReal) = x == y.x
-Base.zero(::Type{CustomHashReal}) = CustomHashReal(0.0)
-Base.zero(x::CustomHashReal) = zero(CustomHashReal)
-
-let a = sparse([CustomHashReal(0), CustomHashReal(3), CustomHashReal(3)])
-    @test hash(a) == hash(Array(a))
-end
-
 vals = Any[
     0.0:0.1:0.3, 0.3:-0.1:0.0,
     0:-1:1, 0.0:-1.0:1.0, 0.0:1.1:10.0, -4:10,