diff --git a/Default.sublime-commands b/Default.sublime-commands
index 3506d21f..3d351d40 100644
--- a/Default.sublime-commands
+++ b/Default.sublime-commands
@@ -122,9 +122,5 @@
             "file": "$packages/User/Package Control.user-ca-bundle",
             "semi_transient": true
         },
-    },
-    {
-        "caption": "Package Control: Tests",
-        "command": "package_control_tests"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/Package Control.sublime-settings b/Package Control.sublime-settings
index 90898aca..bb725d0a 100644
--- a/Package Control.sublime-settings	
+++ b/Package Control.sublime-settings	
@@ -286,7 +286,4 @@
 			]
 		}
 	},
-
-	// Enable the ability to run the tests - this is only for development
-	"enable_tests": false
 }
diff --git a/package_control/commands/__init__.py b/package_control/commands/__init__.py
index 07bcfbff..2284a3d8 100644
--- a/package_control/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/package_control/commands/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from .package_control_enable_debug_mode_command import PackageControlEnableDebugModeCommand
 from .package_control_insert_command import PackageControlInsertCommand
 from .package_control_message_command import PackageControlMessageCommand
-from .package_control_tests_command import PackageControlTestsCommand
 from .remove_channel_command import RemoveChannelCommand
 from .remove_package_command import RemovePackageCommand
 from .remove_packages_command import RemovePackagesCommand
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
     'PackageControlEnableDebugModeCommand',
     'PackageControlInsertCommand',
     'PackageControlMessageCommand',
-    'PackageControlTestsCommand',
     'RemoveChannelCommand',
     'RemovePackageCommand',
     'RemovePackagesCommand',
diff --git a/package_control/commands/package_control_tests_command.py b/package_control/commands/package_control_tests_command.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f443328d..00000000
--- a/package_control/commands/package_control_tests_command.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import io
-import os.path
-import threading
-import unittest
-
-import sublime
-import sublime_plugin
-
-from ..settings import pc_settings_filename
-
-
-class OutputPanel(io.TextIOWrapper):
-    """
-    A TextIO wrapper to output test results in an output panel.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, window):
-        self.panel = window.get_output_panel("package_control_tests")
-        self.panel.settings().set("word_wrap", True)
-        self.panel.settings().set("scroll_past_end", False)
-        window.run_command("show_panel", {"panel": "output.package_control_tests"})
-
-    def write(self, data):
-        self.panel.run_command("package_control_insert", {"string": data})
-
-    def get(self):
-        pass
-
-    def flush(self):
-        pass
-
-
-class PackageControlTestsCommand(sublime_plugin.ApplicationCommand):
-    """
-    A command to run the tests for Package Control
-    """
-
-    HAVE_TESTS = None
-
-    def run(self):
-        def worker():
-            package_root = os.path.join(sublime.packages_path(), "Package Control")
-
-            # tests are excluded from production builds
-            # so it's ok to rely on filesystem traversal
-            suite = unittest.TestLoader().discover(
-                pattern="test_*.py",
-                start_dir=os.path.join(package_root, "package_control", "tests"),
-                top_level_dir=package_root,
-            )
-
-            output = OutputPanel(sublime.active_window())
-            output.write("Running Package Control Tests\n\n")
-
-            unittest.TextTestRunner(stream=output, verbosity=1).run(suite)
-
-        threading.Thread(target=worker).start()
-
-    def is_visible(self):
-        if self.HAVE_TESTS is None:
-            self.HAVE_TESTS = os.path.exists(
-                os.path.join(sublime.packages_path(), "Package Control", "package_control", "tests")
-            )
-
-        return self.HAVE_TESTS and sublime.load_settings(pc_settings_filename()).get("enable_tests", False)
diff --git a/plugin.py b/plugin.py
index c8d27ad0..7d686424 100644
--- a/plugin.py
+++ b/plugin.py
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@
     '.commands.package_control_enable_debug_mode_command',
     '.commands.package_control_insert_command',
     '.commands.package_control_message_command',
-    '.commands.package_control_tests_command',
     '.commands',
 
     '.automatic_upgrader',