diff --git a/qa/workunits/kclient/file_layout.sh b/qa/workunits/kclient/file_layout.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8f6751d4d83..00000000000
--- a/qa/workunits/kclient/file_layout.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -ex
-
-MB=1048576
-twoMB=$((2*MB))
-
-rm -r layout_test || true
-rm new_layout || true
-rm file2_layout || true
-rm temp || true
-
-echo "layout.data_pool:     0
-layout.object_size:   1048576
-layout.stripe_unit:   1048576
-layout.stripe_count:  1" > new_layout
-echo "layout.data_pool:     0
-layout.object_size:   2097152
-layout.stripe_unit:   1048576
-layout.stripe_count:  2" > file2_layout
-echo "layout.data_pool:     3
-layout.object_size:   1048576
-layout.stripe_unit:   1048576
-layout.stripe_count:  1" > file3_layout
-echo "layout.data_pool:     0
-layout.object_size:   1048576
-layout.stripe_unit:   262144
-layout.stripe_count:  1" > file4_layout
-
-
-mkdir layout_test
-cephfs layout_test show_layout
-cephfs layout_test set_layout -u $MB -c 1 -s $MB
-touch layout_test/file1
-cephfs layout_test/file1 show_layout > temp
-diff new_layout temp || return 1
-echo "hello, I'm a file" > layout_test/file1
-cephfs layout_test/file1 show_layout > temp
-diff new_layout temp || return 1
-touch layout_test/file2
-cephfs layout_test/file2 show_layout > temp
-diff new_layout temp || return 1
-cephfs layout_test/file2 set_layout -u $MB -c 2 -s $twoMB
-cephfs layout_test/file2 show_layout > temp
-diff file2_layout temp || return 1
-
-echo "hello, I'm a file with a custom layout" > layout_test/file2
-
-touch layout_test/file3
-cephfs layout_test/file3 show_layout > temp
-diff new_layout temp || return 1
-sudo ls /sys/kernel/debug/ceph
-sudo ls /sys/kernel/debug/ceph/\* || true
-sudo bash -c 'ls /sys/kernel/debug/ceph/*' || true
-sudo bash -c 'cat /sys/kernel/debug/ceph/*/mdsmap' > temp
-ceph osd pool create newpool 2 || true
-ceph mds add_data_pool 3 || true
-sudo bash -c 'cat /sys/kernel/debug/ceph/*/mdsmap' > temp2
-while diff -q temp2 temp
-do
-    echo "waiting for mdsmap to update"
-    sleep 1
-    sudo bash -c 'cat /sys/kernel/debug/ceph/*/mdsmap' > temp2
-done
-sudo rm temp temp2
-
-cephfs layout_test/file3 set_layout -p 3
-cephfs layout_test/file3 show_layout > temp
-diff file3_layout temp || return 1
-echo "hello, I'm a file in pool3" > layout_test/file3
-
-touch layout_test/file4
-cephfs layout_test/file4 show_layout > temp
-diff new_layout temp || return 1
-cephfs layout_test/file4 set_layout -u 262144
-cephfs layout_test/file4 show_layout > temp
-diff file4_layout temp || return 1
-echo "hello, I'm a file with a small stripe unit!" > layout_test/file3
-
-sync
-echo "OK"