diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
index 5bb543eb1c12..b3056ca95021 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func registerTests(r *registry) {
 	registerSchemaChangeInvertedIndex(r)
 	registerScrubAllChecksTPCC(r)
 	registerScrubIndexOnlyTPCC(r)
-	registerSQLsmith(r)
 	registerSyncTest(r)
 	registerSysbench(r)
 	registerTPCC(r)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/sqlsmith.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/sqlsmith.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d521ff680c..000000000000
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/sqlsmith.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Cockroach Authors.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-// implied. See the License for the specific language governing
-// permissions and limitations under the License. See the AUTHORS file
-// for names of contributors.
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/retry"
-)
-
-// This test runs SQLsmith in search of new panics.
-
-func registerSQLsmith(r *registry) {
-	runSQLsmith := func(
-		ctx context.Context,
-		t *test,
-		c *cluster,
-	) {
-		if c.isLocal() {
-			t.Fatal("cannot be run in local mode")
-		}
-		node := c.Node(1)
-		t.Status("setting up cockroach")
-		c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach", c.All())
-		c.Put(ctx, workload, "./workload", c.All())
-		c.Start(ctx, t, c.All())
-
-		t.Status("cloning SQLsmith and installing prerequisites")
-		opts := retry.Options{
-			InitialBackoff: 10 * time.Second,
-			Multiplier:     2,
-			MaxBackoff:     5 * time.Minute,
-		}
-		for attempt, r := 0, retry.StartWithCtx(ctx, opts); r.Next(); {
-			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return
-			}
-			if c.t.Failed() {
-				return
-			}
-			attempt++
-
-			c.l.Printf("attempt %d - update dependencies", attempt)
-			if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, `sudo apt-get -q update`); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err := c.RunE(
-				ctx, node,
-				`sudo apt-get -qy install build-essential autoconf autoconf-archive libpqxx-dev libboost-regex-dev libsqlite3-dev`,
-			); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			c.l.Printf("attempt %d - cloning SQLsmith", attempt)
-			if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, `rm -rf /mnt/data1/sqlsmith`); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err := c.GitCloneE(
-				ctx,
-				"https://github.com/cockroachdb/sqlsmith.git",
-				"/mnt/data1/sqlsmith",
-				"cockroach",
-				node,
-			); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			c.l.Printf("attempt %d - building SQLsmith", attempt)
-			if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, `cd /mnt/data1/sqlsmith/ && autoreconf -i`); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, `cd /mnt/data1/sqlsmith/ && ./configure`); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, `cd /mnt/data1/sqlsmith/ && make`); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			break
-		}
-
-		m := newMonitor(ctx, c, c.All())
-		m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			t.Status("running SQLsmith against TPCC schema")
-			c.Run(ctx, node, fmt.Sprintf(`./workload fixtures load tpcc --warehouses=%d {pgurl:1}`, 10))
-			c.Run(ctx, node,
-				`cd /mnt/data1/sqlsmith/ && ./sqlsmith --target="postgres://root@localhost:26257/tpcc?sslmode=disable" --max-queries=1000 --verbose > --dump-all-queries`,
-			)
-			return nil
-		})
-		m.Wait()
-	}
-
-	r.Add(testSpec{
-		Name:       "sqlsmith",
-		Cluster:    makeClusterSpec(1),
-		MinVersion: "v19.1.0",
-		Run: func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
-			runSQLsmith(ctx, t, c)
-		},
-		Timeout: 20 * time.Minute,
-	})
-}