diff --git a/test/aqua/test_shor.py b/test/aqua/test_shor.py
index aae7911435..ae66fc217a 100644
--- a/test/aqua/test_shor.py
+++ b/test/aqua/test_shor.py
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
 
 import unittest
 import math
-import operator
 from test.aqua import QiskitAquaTestCase
 from ddt import ddt, data, idata, unpack
-from qiskit import BasicAer, QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
+from qiskit import BasicAer
 from qiskit.aqua import QuantumInstance
 from qiskit.aqua.algorithms import Shor
 
@@ -74,36 +73,6 @@ def test_shor_modinv(self, a_v, m_v, expected):
         modinv = Shor.modinv(a_v, m_v)
         self.assertTrue(modinv == expected)
 
-    @idata([[3, "0011"],
-            [5, "0101"]])
-    @unpack
-    def test_phi_add_gate(self, addition_magnitude, expected_state):
-        """ shor phi add gate test """
-        shor = Shor(3)
-        shor._n = 2
-        shor._qft.num_qubits = 3
-        shor._iqft.num_qubits = 3
-        q = QuantumRegister(4)
-        c = ClassicalRegister(4, name='measurement')
-        circuit = QuantumCircuit(q, c)
-
-        gate = shor._phi_add_gate(3, addition_magnitude)
-        qubits = [q[i] for i in reversed(range(len(q) - 1))]
-
-        circuit.compose(shor._qft, qubits, inplace=True)
-        circuit.compose(gate, qubits, inplace=True)
-        circuit.compose(shor._iqft, qubits, inplace=True)
-        circuit.measure(q, c)
-
-        backend = BasicAer.get_backend('qasm_simulator')
-        quantum_instance = QuantumInstance(backend, shots=1000)
-
-        result = quantum_instance.execute(circuit)
-
-        result_data = result.get_counts().items()
-        most_likely_state = max(result_data, key=operator.itemgetter(1))[0]
-        self.assertTrue(most_likely_state, expected_state)
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()