diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
index 2fe0fec..7a10cda 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Run the _testcapi module tests (tests for the Python/C API):  by defn,
 # these are all functions _testcapi exports whose name begins with 'test_'.
 
-from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
+from collections import OrderedDict
 import os
 import pickle
-import platform
 import random
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -420,190 +419,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(_testcapi.argparsing("Hello", "World"), 1)
 
 
-class EmbeddingTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        here = os.path.abspath(__file__)
-        basepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(here)))
-        exename = "_testembed"
-        if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-            ext = ("_d" if "_d" in sys.executable else "") + ".exe"
-            exename += ext
-            exepath = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
-        else:
-            exepath = os.path.join(basepath, "Programs")
-        self.test_exe = exe = os.path.join(exepath, exename)
-        if not os.path.exists(exe):
-            self.skipTest("%r doesn't exist" % exe)
-        # This is needed otherwise we get a fatal error:
-        # "Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
-        # LookupError: no codec search functions registered: can't find encoding"
-        self.oldcwd = os.getcwd()
-        os.chdir(basepath)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        os.chdir(self.oldcwd)
-
-    def run_embedded_interpreter(self, *args, env=None):
-        """Runs a test in the embedded interpreter"""
-        cmd = [self.test_exe]
-        cmd.extend(args)
-        if env is not None and sys.platform == 'win32':
-            # Windows requires at least the SYSTEMROOT environment variable to
-            # start Python.
-            env = env.copy()
-            env['SYSTEMROOT'] = os.environ['SYSTEMROOT']
-
-        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
-                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             universal_newlines=True,
-                             env=env)
-        (out, err) = p.communicate()
-        self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0,
-                         "bad returncode %d, stderr is %r" %
-                         (p.returncode, err))
-        return out, err
-
-    def run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters(self):
-        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("repeated_init_and_subinterpreters")
-        self.assertEqual(err, "")
-
-        # The output from _testembed looks like this:
-        # --- Pass 0 ---
-        # interp 0 <0x1cf9330>, thread state <0x1cf9700>: id(modules) = 139650431942728
-        # interp 1 <0x1d4f690>, thread state <0x1d35350>: id(modules) = 139650431165784
-        # interp 2 <0x1d5a690>, thread state <0x1d99ed0>: id(modules) = 139650413140368
-        # interp 3 <0x1d4f690>, thread state <0x1dc3340>: id(modules) = 139650412862200
-        # interp 0 <0x1cf9330>, thread state <0x1cf9700>: id(modules) = 139650431942728
-        # --- Pass 1 ---
-        # ...
-
-        interp_pat = (r"^interp (\d+) <(0x[\dA-F]+)>, "
-                      r"thread state <(0x[\dA-F]+)>: "
-                      r"id\(modules\) = ([\d]+)$")
-        Interp = namedtuple("Interp", "id interp tstate modules")
-
-        numloops = 0
-        current_run = []
-        for line in out.splitlines():
-            if line == "--- Pass {} ---".format(numloops):
-                self.assertEqual(len(current_run), 0)
-                if support.verbose:
-                    print(line)
-                numloops += 1
-                continue
-
-            self.assertLess(len(current_run), 5)
-            match = re.match(interp_pat, line)
-            if match is None:
-                self.assertRegex(line, interp_pat)
-
-            # Parse the line from the loop.  The first line is the main
-            # interpreter and the 3 afterward are subinterpreters.
-            interp = Interp(*match.groups())
-            if support.verbose:
-                print(interp)
-            self.assertTrue(interp.interp)
-            self.assertTrue(interp.tstate)
-            self.assertTrue(interp.modules)
-            current_run.append(interp)
-
-            # The last line in the loop should be the same as the first.
-            if len(current_run) == 5:
-                main = current_run[0]
-                self.assertEqual(interp, main)
-                yield current_run
-                current_run = []
-
-    def test_subinterps_main(self):
-        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
-            main = run[0]
-
-            self.assertEqual(main.id, '0')
-
-    def test_subinterps_different_ids(self):
-        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
-            main, *subs, _ = run
-
-            mainid = int(main.id)
-            for i, sub in enumerate(subs):
-                self.assertEqual(sub.id, str(mainid + i + 1))
-
-    def test_subinterps_distinct_state(self):
-        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
-            main, *subs, _ = run
-
-            if '0x0' in main:
-                # XXX Fix on Windows (and other platforms): something
-                # is going on with the pointers in Programs/_testembed.c.
-                # interp.interp is 0x0 and interp.modules is the same
-                # between interpreters.
-                raise unittest.SkipTest('platform prints pointers as 0x0')
-
-            for sub in subs:
-                # A new subinterpreter may have the same
-                # PyInterpreterState pointer as a previous one if
-                # the earlier one has already been destroyed.  So
-                # we compare with the main interpreter.  The same
-                # applies to tstate.
-                self.assertNotEqual(sub.interp, main.interp)
-                self.assertNotEqual(sub.tstate, main.tstate)
-                self.assertNotEqual(sub.modules, main.modules)
-
-    def test_forced_io_encoding(self):
-        # Checks forced configuration of embedded interpreter IO streams
-        env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8:surrogateescape")
-        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("forced_io_encoding", env=env)
-        if support.verbose > 1:
-            print()
-            print(out)
-            print(err)
-        expected_stream_encoding = "utf-8"
-        expected_errors = "surrogateescape"
-        expected_output = '\n'.join([
-        "--- Use defaults ---",
-        "Expected encoding: default",
-        "Expected errors: default",
-        "stdin: {in_encoding}:{errors}",
-        "stdout: {out_encoding}:{errors}",
-        "stderr: {out_encoding}:backslashreplace",
-        "--- Set errors only ---",
-        "Expected encoding: default",
-        "Expected errors: ignore",
-        "stdin: {in_encoding}:ignore",
-        "stdout: {out_encoding}:ignore",
-        "stderr: {out_encoding}:backslashreplace",
-        "--- Set encoding only ---",
-        "Expected encoding: latin-1",
-        "Expected errors: default",
-        "stdin: latin-1:{errors}",
-        "stdout: latin-1:{errors}",
-        "stderr: latin-1:backslashreplace",
-        "--- Set encoding and errors ---",
-        "Expected encoding: latin-1",
-        "Expected errors: replace",
-        "stdin: latin-1:replace",
-        "stdout: latin-1:replace",
-        "stderr: latin-1:backslashreplace"])
-        expected_output = expected_output.format(
-                                in_encoding=expected_stream_encoding,
-                                out_encoding=expected_stream_encoding,
-                                errors=expected_errors)
-        # This is useful if we ever trip over odd platform behaviour
-        self.maxDiff = None
-        self.assertEqual(out.strip(), expected_output)
-
-    def test_pre_initialization_api(self):
-        """
-        Checks the few parts of the C-API that work before the runtine
-        is initialized (via Py_Initialize()).
-        """
-        env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONPATH=os.pathsep.join(sys.path))
-        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("pre_initialization_api", env=env)
-        self.assertEqual(out, '')
-        self.assertEqual(err, '')
-
-
 class SkipitemTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_skipitem(self):