diff --git a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
index 7c543b157..db88f3f64 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
+++ b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
@@ -693,15 +693,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(arg_outputs("head"), Ok("head".to_owned()));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    fn test_arg_iterate_bad_encoding() {
-        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStringExt;
-        let invalid = OsString::from_vec(vec![b'\x80', b'\x81']);
-        // this arises from a conversion from OsString to &str
-        assert!(arg_iterate(vec![OsString::from("head"), invalid].into_iter()).is_err());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn read_early_exit() {
         let mut empty = io::BufReader::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));