diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60036a475..ac72f2bbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ keys/
 spacy/tests/package/setup.cfg
 spacy/tests/package/pyproject.toml
 spacy/tests/package/requirements.txt
-spacy/tests/universe/universe.json
 
 # Website
 website/.cache/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 03a1e01dd..fcc124a43 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ COPY_FILES = {
     ROOT / "setup.cfg": PACKAGE_ROOT / "tests" / "package",
     ROOT / "pyproject.toml": PACKAGE_ROOT / "tests" / "package",
     ROOT / "requirements.txt": PACKAGE_ROOT / "tests" / "package",
-    ROOT / "website" / "meta" / "universe.json": PACKAGE_ROOT / "tests" / "universe",
 }
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/tests/universe/test_universe_json.py b/spacy/tests/universe/test_universe_json.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 295889186..000000000
--- a/spacy/tests/universe/test_universe_json.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import re
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def test_universe_json():
-
-    root_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-    universe_file = root_dir / "universe.json"
-
-    with universe_file.open() as f:
-        universe_data = json.load(f)
-        for entry in universe_data["resources"]:
-            if "github" in entry:
-                assert not re.match(
-                    r"^(http:)|^(https:)", entry["github"]
-                ), "Github field should be user/repo, not a url"