diff --git a/test/java/time/tck/java/time/format/TCKDateTimeTextPrinting.java b/test/java/time/tck/java/time/format/TCKDateTimeTextPrinting.java
index 52f51369a0c8e1b658e4c4cf1951119f0e3245eb..b547a837fb89bad7e86ed1e2c08faef0b2f0f3ee 100644
--- a/test/java/time/tck/java/time/format/TCKDateTimeTextPrinting.java
+++ b/test/java/time/tck/java/time/format/TCKDateTimeTextPrinting.java
@@ -155,23 +155,6 @@ public class TCKDateTimeTextPrinting {
         }
     }
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    @Test
-    public void test_print_appendText2arg_french_long() throws Exception {
-        DateTimeFormatter f = builder.appendText(MONTH_OF_YEAR, TextStyle.FULL).toFormatter(Locale.FRENCH);
-        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 1, 1, 0, 0);
-        String text = f.format(dt);
-        assertEquals(text, "janvier");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test_print_appendText2arg_french_short() throws Exception {
-        DateTimeFormatter f = builder.appendText(MONTH_OF_YEAR, TextStyle.SHORT).toFormatter(Locale.FRENCH);
-        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 1, 1, 0, 0);
-        String text = f.format(dt);
-        assertEquals(text, "janv.");
-    }
-
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     @Test
     public void test_appendTextMap() throws Exception {