diff --git a/gnu/tests/reconfigure.scm b/gnu/tests/reconfigure.scm
index bcc7645fa3..8aa5311171 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/reconfigure.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/reconfigure.scm
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ (define-module (gnu tests reconfigure)
   #:use-module (guix scripts system reconfigure)
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:export (%test-switch-to-system
-            %test-upgrade-services
-            %test-install-bootloader))
+            %test-upgrade-services))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -178,83 +177,6 @@ (define (running-services marionette)
           (disable (upgrade-services-program '() '() '(dummy) '())))
      (test enable disable))))
 
-(define* (run-install-bootloader-test)
-  "Run a test of an OS running INSTALL-BOOTLOADER-PROGRAM, which installs a
-bootloader's configuration file."
-  (define os
-    (marionette-operating-system
-     (simple-operating-system)
-     #:imported-modules '((gnu services herd)
-                          (guix combinators))))
-
-  (define vm (virtual-machine
-              (operating-system os)
-              (volatile? #f)))
-
-  (define (test script)
-    (with-imported-modules '((gnu build marionette))
-      #~(begin
-          (use-modules (gnu build marionette)
-                       (ice-9 regex)
-                       (srfi srfi-1)
-                       (srfi srfi-64))
-
-          (define marionette
-            (make-marionette (list #$vm)))
-
-          ;; Return the system generation paths that have GRUB menu entries.
-          (define (generations-in-grub-cfg marionette)
-            (let ((grub-cfg (marionette-eval
-                             '(begin
-                                (use-modules (rnrs io ports))
-                                (call-with-input-file "/boot/grub/grub.cfg"
-                                  get-string-all))
-                             marionette)))
-              (map (lambda (parameter)
-                     (second (string-split (match:substring parameter) #\=)))
-                   (list-matches "system=[^ ]*" grub-cfg))))
-
-          (test-runner-current (system-test-runner #$output))
-          (test-begin "install-bootloader")
-
-          (test-assert "no prior menu entry for system generation"
-            (not (member #$os (generations-in-grub-cfg marionette))))
-
-          (test-assert "script successfully evaluated"
-            (marionette-eval
-             '(primitive-load #$script)
-             marionette))
-
-          (test-assert "menu entry created for system generation"
-            (member #$os (generations-in-grub-cfg marionette)))
-
-          (test-end))))
-
-  (let* ((bootloader ((compose bootloader-configuration-bootloader
-                               operating-system-bootloader)
-                      os))
-         ;; The typical use-case for 'install-bootloader-program' is to read
-         ;; the boot parameters for the existing menu entries on the system,
-         ;; parse them with 'boot-parameters->menu-entry', and pass the
-         ;; results to 'operating-system-bootcfg'. However, to obtain boot
-         ;; parameters, we would need to start the marionette, which we should
-         ;; ideally avoid doing outside of the 'test' G-Expression. Thus, we
-         ;; generate a bootloader configuration for the script as if there
-         ;; were no existing menu entries. In the grand scheme of things, this
-         ;; matters little -- these tests should not make assertions about the
-         ;; behavior of 'operating-system-bootcfg'.
-         (bootcfg (operating-system-bootcfg os '()))
-         (bootcfg-file (bootloader-configuration-file bootloader)))
-    (gexp->derivation
-     "install-bootloader"
-     ;; Due to the read-only nature of the virtual machines used in the system
-     ;; test suite, the bootloader installer script is omitted. 'grub-install'
-     ;; would attempt to write directly to the virtual disk if the
-     ;; installation script were run.
-     (test
-      (install-bootloader-program #f #f #f bootcfg bootcfg-file '(#f) "/")))))
-
-
 (define %test-switch-to-system
   (system-test
    (name "switch-to-system")
@@ -267,9 +189,3 @@ (define %test-upgrade-services
    (description "Upgrade the Shepherd by unloading obsolete services and
 loading new services.")
    (value (run-upgrade-services-test))))
-
-(define %test-install-bootloader
-  (system-test
-   (name "install-bootloader")
-   (description "Install a bootloader and its configuration file.")
-   (value (run-install-bootloader-test))))