diff --git a/src/lxml/tests/test_xmlschema.py b/src/lxml/tests/test_xmlschema.py
index 26d8432..b41c097 100644
--- a/src/lxml/tests/test_xmlschema.py
+++ b/src/lxml/tests/test_xmlschema.py
@@ -168,31 +168,6 @@ class ETreeXMLSchemaTestCase(HelperTestCase):
         self.assertEqual('ho', root[2].get('hardy'))
         self.assertEqual('hey', root[3].get('hardy'))
 
-    def test_xmlschema_parse_fixed_attributes(self):
-        # does not work as of libxml2 2.7.3
-        schema = self.parse('''
-<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
-  <xsd:element name="a" type="AType"/>
-  <xsd:complexType name="AType">
-    <xsd:sequence minOccurs="3" maxOccurs="3">
-      <xsd:element name="b" type="BType" />
-    </xsd:sequence>
-  </xsd:complexType>
-  <xsd:complexType name="BType">
-    <xsd:attribute name="hardy" type="xsd:string" fixed="hey" />
-  </xsd:complexType>
-</xsd:schema>
-''')
-        schema = etree.XMLSchema(schema)
-        parser = etree.XMLParser(schema=schema, attribute_defaults=True)
-
-        tree_valid = self.parse('<a><b/><b hardy="hey"/><b/></a>',
-                                parser=parser)
-        root = tree_valid.getroot()
-        self.assertEqual('hey', root[0].get('hardy'))
-        self.assertEqual('hey', root[1].get('hardy'))
-        self.assertEqual('hey', root[2].get('hardy'))
-
     def test_xmlschema_stringio(self):
         schema_file = BytesIO('''
 <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">