diff --git a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Mvc/RequestTest.php b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Mvc/RequestTest.php
index 3d49ce492948b2b6af3958a8791b9d97c01b54de..7d3352f323a9bd56adf8c683d4228385d1d88ddc 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Mvc/RequestTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Mvc/RequestTest.php
@@ -259,17 +259,6 @@ class RequestTest extends \TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('html', $request->getFormat());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function theRepresentationFormatIsAutomaticallyLowercased()
-    {
-        $this->markTestSkipped('Different behavior from TYPO3.Flow because of backwards compatibility.');
-        $request = new \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Request();
-        $request->setFormat('hTmL');
-        $this->assertEquals('html', $request->getFormat());
-    }
-
     /**
      * @test
      */