diff --git a/run/core/awscli/test.sh b/run/core/awscli/test.sh
index dc6ae88f..eebb2f52 100755
--- a/run/core/awscli/test.sh
+++ b/run/core/awscli/test.sh
@@ -177,69 +177,6 @@ function test_upload_object() {
     return $rv
 }
 
-# Test lookup a directory prefix.
-function test_lookup_object_prefix() {
-    # log start time
-    start_time=$(get_time)
-
-    function="make_bucket"
-    bucket_name=$(make_bucket)
-    rv=$?
-
-    # if make bucket succeeds create a directory.
-    if [ $rv -eq 0 ]; then
-        function="${AWS} s3api put-object --bucket ${bucket_name} --key prefix/directory/"
-        out=$($function 2>&1)
-        rv=$?
-    else
-        # if make_bucket fails, $bucket_name has the error output
-        out="${bucket_name}"
-    fi
-
-    # if directory create succeeds, upload the object.
-    if [ $rv -eq 0 ]; then
-        function="${AWS} s3api put-object --body ${MINT_DATA_DIR}/datafile-1-MB --bucket ${bucket_name} --key prefix/directory/datafile-1-MB"
-        # save the ref to function being tested, so it can be logged
-        test_function=${function}
-        out=$($function 2>&1)
-        rv=$?
-    fi
-
-    # if upload succeeds lookup for the prefix.
-    if [ $rv -eq 0 ]; then
-        function="${AWS} s3api head-object --bucket ${bucket_name} --key prefix/directory"
-        # save the ref to function being tested, so it can be logged
-        test_function=${function}
-        out=$($function 2>&1)
-        rv=$?
-    fi
-
-    # Request should fail.
-    if [ $rv -eq 0 ]; then
-        # clean up and log error
-        ${AWS} s3 rb s3://"${bucket_name}" --force > /dev/null 2>&1
-        log_failure "$(get_duration "$start_time")" "${function}" "${out}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Lookup for the right prefix.
-    function="${AWS} s3api head-object --bucket ${bucket_name} --key prefix/directory/"
-    # save the ref to function being tested, so it can be logged
-    test_function=${function}
-    out=$($function 2>&1)
-
-    rv=$?
-    if [ $rv -ne 0 ]; then
-        # clean up and log error
-        ${AWS} s3 rb s3://"${bucket_name}" --force > /dev/null 2>&1
-        log_failure "$(get_duration "$start_time")" "${function}" "${out}"
-    else
-        log_success "$(get_duration "$start_time")" "${test_function}"
-    fi
-
-    return $rv
-}
-
 # Tests listing objects for both v1 and v2 API.
 function test_list_objects() {
     # log start time
@@ -887,7 +824,6 @@ main() {
     # Success tests
     test_create_bucket && \
     test_upload_object && \
-    test_lookup_object_prefix && \
     test_list_objects && \
     test_multipart_upload && \
     test_copy_object && \