diff --git a/src/test/Makefile.am b/src/test/Makefile.am
index a155fc0f75975c356d0399b42d137ac3b5a09afe..e751c4e427a415e1406f49f2662e89e021256e83 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/test/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ else
 elan_testprogs =
 endif
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = $(elan_testprogs) slurm_protocol_stream_client slurm_protocol_stream_server 
+noinst_PROGRAMS = $(elan_testprogs) 
 
 LDADD = $(top_srcdir)/src/common/libcommon.la
diff --git a/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_client.c b/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_client.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0024e52cc229dfa1f604aad1562c6fc459f5d3a6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_client.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#include <src/common/slurm_protocol_api.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-int main ( int argc , char * argv[] )
-{
-	/* declare file descriptors */
-	slurm_fd worker_socket ;
-
-	/* declare address structures */
-	slurm_addr worker_address ;
-
-	unsigned int buffer_len = 1024 ;
-	char buf_temp [ buffer_len ] ;
-	char * buffer = buf_temp ;
-	char * test_send = "This is a test of simple socket communication" ;
-	unsigned int test_send_len = strlen ( test_send ) ;
-	unsigned int length_io ;
-		
-	/* init address sturctures */
-	slurm_set_addr_uint ( & worker_address , 7000 , SLURM_INADDR_ANY ) ;
-	/* connect socket */
-	worker_socket = slurm_open_stream ( & worker_address ) ;
-
-	length_io = slurm_read_stream ( worker_socket , buffer , buffer_len ) ;
-	printf ( "Bytes Recieved %i\n", length_io ) ;
-
-	length_io = slurm_write_stream ( worker_socket , test_send , test_send_len ) ;
-	printf ( "Bytes Sent %i\n", length_io ) ;
-
-	slurm_close_stream ( worker_socket ) ;
-
-	return 0 ;
-}
diff --git a/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_server.c b/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_server.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b9b60408747f6c0b05cd4121a33e79b2f616d3a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/slurm_protocol_stream_server.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <src/common/slurm_protocol_api.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-int main ( int argc , char * argv[] )
-{
-	/* declare file descriptors */
-	slurm_fd listen_socket ;
-	slurm_fd worker_socket ;
-
-	/* declare address structures */
-	slurm_addr listen_address ;
-	slurm_addr worker_address ;
-
-	unsigned int buffer_len = 1024 ;
-	char buf_temp [ buffer_len ] ;
-	char * buffer = buf_temp ;
-	char * test_send = "This is a test of simple socket communication" ;
-	unsigned int test_send_len = strlen ( test_send ) ;
-	unsigned int length_io ;
-		
-	/* init address sturctures */
-	slurm_set_addr_uint ( & listen_address , 7000, SLURM_INADDR_ANY ) ;
-	/* open and listen on socket */
-	listen_socket = slurm_listen_stream ( & listen_address ) ;
-	/* accept socket */
-	while ( true )
-	{
-		worker_socket = slurm_accept_stream ( listen_socket , & worker_address ) ;
-
-		length_io = slurm_write_stream ( worker_socket , test_send , test_send_len ) ;
-		printf ( "Bytes Sent %i\n", length_io ) ;
-
-		length_io = slurm_read_stream ( worker_socket , buffer , buffer_len ) ;
-		printf ( "Bytes Recieved %i\n", length_io ) ;
-	}
-	slurm_close_stream ( worker_socket ) ;
-	slurm_close_stream ( listen_socket ) ;
-
-	return 0 ;
-}