diff --git a/test_runtime.sh b/test_runtime.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1ed0b152..000000000
--- a/test_runtime.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-BASH="${BASH_VERSION%.*}"
-BASH_MAJOR="${BASH%.*}"
-BASH_MINOR="${BASH#*.}"
-
-if test "${BASH_MAJOR}" -eq 3 && test "${BASH_MINOR}" -eq 0
-then
-	echo "ERROR: ${0} requires Bash version >= 3.1" >&2
-	echo "you're running ${BASH}, which doesn't support += array assignment" >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-RUNTIME="runc"
-TEST_ARGS=('--args' '/runtimetest')
-KEEP=0 # Track whether we keep the test directory around or clean it up
-
-usage() {
-	echo "$0 -l <log-level> -r <runtime> -k -h"
-}
-
-error() {
-	echo $*
-	exit 1
-}
-
-info() {
-	echo $*
-}
-
-while getopts "l:r:kh" opt; do
-	case "${opt}" in
-		l)
-			TEST_ARGS+=('--args' "--log-level=${OPTARG}")
-			;;
-		r)
-			RUNTIME=${OPTARG}
-			;;
-		h)
-			usage
-			exit 0
-			;;
-		k)
-			KEEP=1
-			;;
-		\?)
-			usage
-			exit 1
-			;;
-	esac
-done
-
-info "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-info "                         VALIDATING RUNTIME: ${RUNTIME}"
-info "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-
-if ! command -v ${RUNTIME} > /dev/null; then
-	error "Runtime ${RUNTIME} not found in the path"
-fi
-
-TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-TESTDIR=${TMPDIR}/busybox
-mkdir -p ${TESTDIR}
-
-cleanup() {
-	if [ "${KEEP}" -eq 0 ]; then
-		rm -rf ${TMPDIR}
-	else
-		info "Remove the test directory ${TMPDIR} after use"
-	fi
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-tar -xf  rootfs.tar.gz -C ${TESTDIR}
-cp runtimetest ${TESTDIR}
-
-oci-runtime-tool generate --output "${TESTDIR}/config.json" "${TEST_ARGS[@]}" --rootfs-path '.'
-
-TESTCMD="${RUNTIME} start $(uuidgen)"
-pushd $TESTDIR > /dev/null
-if ! ${TESTCMD}; then
-	error "Runtime ${RUNTIME} failed validation"
-else
-	info "Runtime ${RUNTIME} passed validation"
-fi
-popd > /dev/null