diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5eb671b5..3b935296 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ semver = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.2"
-trybuild = "1.0.42"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["gdal-sys"]
diff --git a/src/vector/vector_tests/mod.rs b/src/vector/vector_tests/mod.rs
index 669bbaa2..f0e63109 100644
--- a/src/vector/vector_tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vector/vector_tests/mod.rs
@@ -675,25 +675,6 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_features_aliasing_compile_fail() {
-        let t = trybuild::TestCases::new(); // A compilation test that should fail.
-        t.compile_fail("tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.rs");
-    }
-
-    // It tries to iterate over a layer's features, while
-    // also trying to read the layer's definition. The
-    // features iterator borrows layer as a mutable ref as
-    // it increments the internal state of the layer.
-    //
-    // fn test_features_mut_lifetime_enforce() {
-    //     with_layer("roads.geojson", |mut layer| {
-    //         for _ in layer.features() {
-    //             let _ = layer.defn();
-    //         }
-    //     });
-    // }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_set_attribute_filter() {
         with_layer("roads.geojson", |mut layer| {
diff --git a/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.rs b/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index eb531f12..00000000
--- a/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-mod utils;
-
-use gdal::Dataset;
-
-fn main() {
-    let ds = Dataset::open(fixture!("roads.geojson")).unwrap();
-    let mut layer = ds.layer(0).unwrap();
-    for _ in layer.features() {
-        let _ = layer.defn();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.stderr b/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 016a7356..00000000
--- a/tests/compile-tests/01-features-aliasing-errors.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-error[E0502]: cannot borrow `layer` as immutable because it is also borrowed as mutable
- --> $DIR/01-features-aliasing-errors.rs:9:17
-  |
-8 |     for _ in layer.features() {
-  |              ----------------
-  |              |
-  |              mutable borrow occurs here
-  |              mutable borrow later used here
-9 |         let _ = layer.defn();
-  |                 ^^^^^ immutable borrow occurs here
diff --git a/tests/compile-tests/utils.rs b/tests/compile-tests/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e6368a..00000000
--- a/tests/compile-tests/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! fixture {
-    ($name:expr) => {
-        std::path::Path::new(file!())
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .join("fixtures")
-            .as_path()
-            .join($name)
-            .as_path()
-    };
-}