@@ -656,38 +656,6 @@ def test_info_attributes_with_no_mixins(tmpdir):
     assert t2['col0'].meta['a'] == {'b': 'c'}
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif('not HAS_YAML')
-def test_round_trip_masked_table_default(tmpdir):
-    """This is a regression test showing the currently BROKEN default
-    behavior of Table.write() to a FITS bintable.  Note:
-
-    >>> simple_table(masked=True)
-    <Table masked=True length=3>
-      a      b     c
-    int64 float64 str1
-    ----- ------- ----
-       --     1.0    c
-        2     2.0   --
-        3      --    e
-    """
-    filename = str(tmpdir.join('test.fits'))
-
-    t = simple_table(masked=True)
-    t['a'].fill_value = 2
-    t.write(filename)
-    t2 = Table.read(filename)
-
-    assert t2.masked is True
-    assert np.all(t2['a'].mask == [True, True, False])  # This is WRONG
-    assert np.all(t2['b'].mask == [False, False, False])  # This is WRONG
-    assert np.all(t2['c'].mask == [False, False, False])  # This is WRONG
-
-    assert np.all(t2['a'] == [1, 2, 3])
-    assert np.all(t2['b'][:2] == [1.0, 2.0])  # OK
-    assert np.isnan(t2['b'][2])  # WRONG
-    assert np.all(t2['c'] == ['c', 'N', 'e'])  # WRONG ('N' is first char of 'N/A')
-
-
 @pytest.mark.skipif('not HAS_YAML')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('method', ['set_cols', 'names', 'class'])
 def test_round_trip_masked_table_serialize_mask(tmpdir, method):