diff --git a/doc/en/plugins_index/test_plugins_index.expected.rst b/doc/en/plugins_index/test_plugins_index.expected.rst
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index 2f51ad821..000000000
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-.. _plugins_index:
-
-List of Third-Party Plugins
-===========================
-
-============================================ ============================= ========= ============================================================================================= ============================================================================================= ===================
-                    Name                                Author             Downloads                                          Python 2.7                                                                                    Python 3.3                                                 Summary      
-============================================ ============================= ========= ============================================================================================= ============================================================================================= ===================
- `pytest-plugin1-1.0 <http://plugin1/1.0>`_   `someone <someone@py.com>`_      4      .. image:: http://pytest-plugs.herokuapp.com/status/pytest-plugin1-1.0?py=py27&pytest=2.X.Y   .. image:: http://pytest-plugs.herokuapp.com/status/pytest-plugin1-1.0?py=py33&pytest=2.X.Y      some plugin    
- `pytest-plugin2-1.2 <http://plugin2/1.2>`_     `other <other@py.com>`_       40      .. image:: http://pytest-plugs.herokuapp.com/status/pytest-plugin2-1.2?py=py27&pytest=2.X.Y   .. image:: http://pytest-plugs.herokuapp.com/status/pytest-plugin2-1.2?py=py33&pytest=2.X.Y   some other plugin 
-
-============================================ ============================= ========= ============================================================================================= ============================================================================================= ===================
-
-*(Downloads are given from last month only)*
-
-*(Updated on 2013-10-20)*
diff --git a/doc/en/plugins_index/test_plugins_index.py b/doc/en/plugins_index/test_plugins_index.py
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-import os
-
-import pytest
-
-
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="not a core pytest test")
-def test_plugins_index(tmpdir, monkeypatch):
-    """
-    Blackbox testing for plugins_index script. Calls main() generating a file
-    and compares produced output to expected.
-
-    .. note:: if the test fails, a file named
-    `test_plugins_index.obtained.rst` will be generated in the same directory
-    as this test file. Ensure the contents are correct and overwrite
-    `test_plugins_index.expected.rst` with that file.
-    """
-    import plugins_index
-
-    # dummy interface to xmlrpclib.ServerProxy
-    class DummyProxy(object):
-
-        expected_url = 'http://dummy.pypi'
-
-        def __init__(self, url):
-            assert url == self.expected_url
-
-        def search(self, query):
-            assert query == {'name': 'pytest-'}
-            return [
-                {'name': 'pytest-plugin1', 'version': '0.8'},
-                {'name': 'pytest-plugin1', 'version': '1.0'},
-                {'name': 'pytest-plugin2', 'version': '1.2'},
-            ]
-
-        def release_data(self, package_name, version):
-            results = {
-                ('pytest-plugin1', '1.0'): {
-                    'package_url': 'http://plugin1',
-                    'release_url': 'http://plugin1/1.0',
-                    'author': 'someone',
-                    'author_email': 'someone@py.com',
-                    'summary': 'some plugin',
-                    'downloads': {'last_day': 1, 'last_month': 4,
-                                  'last_week': 2},
-                },
-
-                ('pytest-plugin2', '1.2'): {
-                    'package_url': 'http://plugin2',
-                    'release_url': 'http://plugin2/1.2',
-                    'author': 'other',
-                    'author_email': 'other@py.com',
-                    'summary': 'some other plugin',
-                    'downloads': {'last_day': 10, 'last_month': 40,
-                                  'last_week': 20},
-                },
-            }
-            return results[(package_name, version)]
-
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(plugins_index, 'get_proxy', lambda url: DummyProxy(url),
-                        'foo')
-    monkeypatch.setattr(plugins_index, '_get_today_as_str',
-                        lambda: '2013-10-20')
-
-    output_file = str(tmpdir.join('output.rst'))
-    assert plugins_index.main(
-        ['', '-f', output_file, '-u', DummyProxy.expected_url]) == 0
-
-    with open(output_file, 'rU') as f:
-        obtained_output = f.read()
-        expected_output = get_expected_output()
-
-        if obtained_output != expected_output:
-            obtained_file = os.path.splitext(__file__)[0] + '.obtained.rst'
-            with open(obtained_file, 'w') as f:
-                f.write(obtained_output)
-
-        assert obtained_output == expected_output
-
-
-def get_expected_output():
-    """
-    :return: string with expected rst output from the plugins_index.py script.
-    """
-    expected_filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                     'test_plugins_index.expected.rst')
-    expected_output = open(expected_filename, 'rU').read()
-    return expected_output.replace('pytest=2.X.Y',
-                                   'pytest={0}'.format(pytest.__version__))
-
-
-#===============================================================================
-# main
-#===============================================================================
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    pytest.main()