diff --git a/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
index bac169dd83f2b960b00ed6bfc7d19690dd7b455f..370e4a9448cdd3ed2fcac251150ce7ab386a0079 100644
--- a/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/SimpleDetector/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,11 +38,3 @@ foreach (test Simple_ILD)
       REGEX_PASS " Handled [1-9][0-9]* volumes")
   endforeach(type)
 endforeach(test)
-
-if (DD4HEP_USE_GEANT4)
-  dd4hep_add_test_reg( SimpleDetector_sim_ILD
-      COMMAND    "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_SimpleDetector.sh"
-      EXEC_ARGS  dd_sim ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compact/Simple_ILD.xml  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/sequences.xml
-      REQUIRES   DDG4 Geant4
-      REGEX_PASS "Event 9 Begin event action")
-endif()