diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_routers.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_routers.py
index 22de29bed72..49c4969adf0 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_routers.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_routers.py
@@ -789,97 +789,3 @@ class TestRouterServices(cloudstackTestCase):
                             "Check list router response for router public IP"
                         )
         return
-
-    @attr(configuration = "network.gc")
-    @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke"])
-    def test_10_network_gc(self):
-        """Test network GC
-        """
-
-        # Validate the following
-        # 1. stop All User VMs in the account
-        # 2. wait for network.gc.interval time"
-        # 3. After network.gc.interval, router should be stopped
-        # 4. ListRouters should return the router in Stopped state
-
-        list_vms = list_virtual_machines(
-                                         self.apiclient,
-                                         account=self.account.name,
-                                         domainid=self.account.domainid
-                                         )
-        self.assertEqual(
-                            isinstance(list_vms, list),
-                            True,
-                            "Check list response returns a valid list"
-                        )
-        self.assertNotEqual(
-                            len(list_vms),
-                            0,
-                            "Check length of list VM response"
-                        )
-
-        for vm in list_vms:
-            self.debug("Stopping the VM with ID: %s" % vm.id)
-            # Stop all virtual machines associated with that account
-            cmd = stopVirtualMachine.stopVirtualMachineCmd()
-            cmd.id = vm.id
-            self.apiclient.stopVirtualMachine(cmd)
-
-        # Get network.gc.interval config value
-        config = list_configurations(
-                                     self.apiclient,
-                                     name='network.gc.interval'
-                                     )
-        self.assertEqual(
-                            isinstance(config, list),
-                            True,
-                            "Check list response returns a valid list"
-                        )
-        gcinterval = config[0]
-
-        # Get network.gc.wait config value
-        config = list_configurations(
-                                     self.apiclient,
-                                     name='network.gc.wait'
-                                     )
-        self.assertEqual(
-                            isinstance(config, list),
-                            True,
-                            "Check list response returns a valid list"
-                        )
-        gcwait = config[0]
-
-        total_wait = int(gcinterval.value) + int(gcwait.value)
-        self.debug("Waiting %s seconds for network cleanup" % str(total_wait * 2))
-        # Wait for wait_time * 2 time to cleanup all the resources
-        time.sleep(total_wait * 2)
-        
-        timeout = self.services["timeout"]
-        while True:
-            #Check status of network router
-            list_router_response = list_routers(
-                                    self.apiclient,
-                                    account=self.account.name,
-                                    domainid=self.account.domainid
-                                    )
-            if isinstance(list_router_response, list):
-                break
-            elif timeout == 0:
-                raise Exception("List router call failed!")
-            time.sleep(5)
-            timeout = timeout -1
-            
-        self.assertEqual(
-                            isinstance(list_router_response, list),
-                            True,
-                            "Check list response returns a valid list"
-                        )
-        router = list_router_response[0]
-        
-        self.debug("Router state after network.gc.interval: %s" % router.state)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            router.state,
-            'Stopped',
-            "Check state of the router after stopping all VMs associated"
-            )
-        return