diff --git a/extensions/CustomTarget_automationtest.mk b/extensions/CustomTarget_automationtest.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index b6de71b74211..000000000000
--- a/extensions/CustomTarget_automationtest.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
-#
-# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-#
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CustomTarget_CustomTarget,extensions/automationtest))
-
-extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTDIR := $(gb_CustomTarget_workdir)/extensions/automationtest
-
-extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG1 := $(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTDIR)/automationtest.1.log
-extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG2 := $(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTDIR)/automationtest.2.log
-
-$(call gb_CustomTarget_get_target,extensions/automationtest) : \
-		$(SRCDIR)/extensions/qa/ole/automationtest.vbs \
-		| $(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTDIR)/.dir
-	$(call gb_Output_announce,$(subst $(WORKDIR)/,,$@),$(true),VBS,1)
-	$(call gb_Trace_StartRange,$(subst $(WORKDIR)/,,$@),VBS)
-	SAL_LOG=+INFO.extensions.olebridge+WARN $(INSTDIR)/program/soffice 2>$(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG1) &
-	sleep 10
-	$(call gb_Helper_abbreviate_dirs, \
-	cscript -nologo $(SRCDIR)/extensions/qa/ole/automationtest.vbs $(SRCDIR)) >$(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG2) || \
-            (cat $(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG1) $(extensions_AUTOMATIONTESTLOG2) && exit 1)
-	$(call gb_Trace_EndRange,$(subst $(WORKDIR)/,,$@),VBS)
-
-# vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 noexpandtab:
diff --git a/extensions/Module_extensions.mk b/extensions/Module_extensions.mk
index cfd7cda7d2c2..b1cc40d8dd79 100644
--- a/extensions/Module_extensions.mk
+++ b/extensions/Module_extensions.mk
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Module_add_targets,extensions,\
 	Library_oleautobridge \
 ))
 
-# $(eval $(call gb_Module_add_subsequentcheck_targets,extensions,\
-# 	CustomTarget_automationtest \
-# ))
-
 endif # WNT
 
 ifeq ($(OS),MACOSX)
diff --git a/extensions/qa/ole/automationtest.vbs b/extensions/qa/ole/automationtest.vbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b5dff05e957..000000000000
--- a/extensions/qa/ole/automationtest.vbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-' -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
-
-If WScript.Arguments.Count <> 1 Then
-   WScript.Echo "Pass $(SRCDIR) as parameter"
-   WScript.Quit(1)
-End If
-
-srcdir = WScript.Arguments.Item(0)
-
-exitStatus = 0
-
-testCounter = 0
-okCounter = 0
-
-Sub ExitWithReport
-    If okCounter <> testCounter Then
-        exitStatus = 1
-    End If
-    WScript.Echo "OK (" + CStr(okCounter) + ")"
-    WScript.Quit(exitstatus)
-End Sub
-
-Sub CheckFatal(expr)
-    testCounter = testCounter + 1
-    If Not Eval(expr) Then
-        WScript.Echo "FAIL: " & expr
-        ExitWithReport
-    Else
-        WScript.Echo "PASS: " & expr
-        okCounter = okCounter + 1
-    End If
-End Sub
-
-Sub Check(expr)
-    testCounter = testCounter + 1
-    If Not Eval(expr) Then
-        WScript.Echo "FAIL: " & expr
-    Else
-        WScript.Echo "PASS: " & expr
-        okCounter = okCounter + 1
-    End If
-End Sub
-
-Sub CheckIfExpected(expr, expected)
-    testCounter = testCounter + 1
-    actual = Eval(expr)
-    If actual <> expected Then
-        WScript.Echo "FAIL: Value of '" & expr & "' was expected to be '" & CStr(expected) & "', but was " & CStr(actual)
-    Else
-        WScript.Echo "PASS: " & expr & " == " & CStr(expected)
-        okCounter = okCounter + 1
-    End If
-End Sub
-
-Sub CheckErrorFatal(test)
-    testCounter = testCounter + 1
-    Execute(test)
-    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
-        WScript.Echo "FAIL: " & test
-        WScript.Echo "ERROR: " & Err.Description
-        ExitWithReport
-    Else
-        WScript.Echo "PASS: " & test
-        okCounter = okCounter + 1
-    End If
-End Sub
-
-Sub CheckError(test)
-    testCounter = testCounter + 1
-    Execute(test)
-    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
-        WScript.Echo "FAIL: " & test
-        WScript.Echo "ERROR: " & Err.Description
-    Else
-        WScript.Echo "PASS: " & test
-        okCounter = okCounter + 1
-    End If
-End Sub
-
-WScript.Echo "Running Automation client tests"
-
-On Error Resume Next
-
-' FIXME: How can we ever make this work specifically with the
-' LibreOffice in instdir, when WScript.CreateObject() wants the
-' symbolic name that it then looks up from the Registry to find the
-' CLSID of the class?
-
-CheckErrorFatal "Set writer = WScript.CreateObject(""Writer.Application"")"
-CheckErrorFatal "writer.Visible = True"
-CheckErrorFatal "writer.Caption = ""=== This is Writer ==="""
-CheckErrorFatal "writer.ShowMe"
-
-CheckErrorFatal "Set documents = writer.Documents"
-
-' Open two randomly chosen documents
-CheckErrorFatal "Set d1 = documents.Open(""" & srcdir & "/sw/qa/extras/ww8export/data/n325936.doc"")"
-CheckErrorFatal "Set d2 = documents.Open(""" & srcdir & "/sw/qa/extras/ww8export/data/bnc636128.doc"")"
-
-CheckErrorFatal "n1 = d1.FullName"
-CheckErrorFatal "n2 = d2.FullName"
-
-CheckIfExpected "n1", "n325936.doc"
-CheckIfExpected "n2", "bnc636128.doc"
-
-CheckErrorFatal "Set c1 = d1.Content"
-CheckErrorFatal "Set c2 = d2.Content"
-
-' The range of characters in these documents
-CheckIfExpected "c1.Start", 0
-CheckIfExpected "c1.End", 4
-CheckIfExpected "c2.Start", 0
-CheckIfExpected "c2.End", 42
-
-' Check number of paragraphs in each document
-CheckErrorFatal "Set p1 = d1.Paragraphs"
-nparas = 0
-For Each i in p1
-    nparas = nparas + 1
-Next
-CheckIfExpected "nparas", 1
-
-CheckErrorFatal "Set p2 = d2.Paragraphs"
-nparas = 0
-For Each i in p2
-    nparas = nparas + 1
-Next
-CheckIfExpected "nparas", 1
-
-CheckErrorFatal "writer.Quit"
-
-ExitWithReport