diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
index c2e707d9f06..f2278267f74 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
@@ -1081,48 +1081,6 @@ TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, ArrowFileSource)
   expect_column_data_equal(std::vector<int8_t>{9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2}, view.column(0));
 }
 
-TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, ZippedCSV)
-{
-  // input is the following CSV zip'ed:
-  // "year,name,description\n1997,Ford,"Super, luxurious truck"\n1997,Ford,"Super, luxurious truck"
-  constexpr uint8_t compressed[] = {
-    0x50, 0x4b, 0x03, 0x04, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x4e, 0x5b, 0xcf, 0x52, 0xaf, 0x6f,
-    0xfa, 0xe1, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x5c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x7a, 0x69,
-    0x70, 0x65, 0x78, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x73, 0x76, 0x55, 0x54, 0x09, 0x00,
-    0x03, 0x44, 0x72, 0xc8, 0x60, 0x45, 0x72, 0xc8, 0x60, 0x75, 0x78, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0xf7,
-    0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xab, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x2c, 0xd2, 0xc9, 0x4b, 0xcc,
-    0x4d, 0xd5, 0x49, 0x49, 0x2d, 0x4e, 0x2e, 0xca, 0x2c, 0x28, 0xc9, 0xcc, 0xcf, 0xe3, 0x32, 0xb4,
-    0xb4, 0x34, 0xd7, 0x71, 0xcb, 0x2f, 0x4a, 0xd1, 0x51, 0x0a, 0x2e, 0x2d, 0x48, 0x2d, 0xd2, 0x51,
-    0xc8, 0x29, 0xad, 0x28, 0x2d, 0xca, 0xcc, 0x2f, 0x2d, 0x56, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x4d, 0xce, 0x56,
-    0x22, 0x46, 0x09, 0x00, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x01, 0x02, 0x1e, 0x03, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00,
-    0x4e, 0x5b, 0xcf, 0x52, 0xaf, 0x6f, 0xfa, 0xe1, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x5c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-    0x0e, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x81, 0x00, 0x00,
-    0x00, 0x00, 0x7a, 0x69, 0x70, 0x65, 0x78, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x73, 0x76,
-    0x55, 0x54, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x44, 0x72, 0xc8, 0x60, 0x75, 0x78, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0xf7,
-    0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x05, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-    0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x54, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x84, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  };
-
-  const auto filepath = temp_env->get_temp_dir() + "zipped_example.zip";
-  {
-    std::ofstream outfile(filepath, std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::binary);
-    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(compressed), sizeof(compressed));
-  }
-
-  cudf_io::csv_reader_options in_opts =
-    cudf_io::csv_reader_options::builder(cudf_io::source_info{filepath})
-      .compression(cudf::io::compression_type::ZIP);
-  const auto result      = cudf_io::read_csv(in_opts);
-  const auto result_view = result.tbl->view();
-
-  auto year_col  = std::vector<int64_t>{1997L, 1997L};
-  auto name_col  = std::vector<std::string>{"Ford", "Ford"};
-  auto descr_col = std::vector<std::string>{"Super, luxurious truck", "Super, luxurious truck"};
-  expect_column_data_equal(year_col, result_view.column(0));
-  expect_column_data_equal(name_col, result_view.column(1));
-  expect_column_data_equal(descr_col, result_view.column(2));
-}
-
 TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, InvalidFloatingPoint)
 {
   const auto filepath = temp_env->get_temp_dir() + "InvalidFloatingPoint.csv";