diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/providers.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/providers.py
index 25d17ab9af3..4ea642ef32b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/providers.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/providers.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def test_it_just_runs(pkg):
                 "mpilander",
                 "mvapich2",
                 "openmpi",
-                "openmpi@1.6.5",
                 "openmpi@1.7.5:",
                 "openmpi@2.0.0:",
                 "spectrum-mpi",