diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 50bf40d93d..984775d499 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2180.	[cleanup]	Remove bit test from 'compress_test' as they
+			are no longer needed. [RT #16497]
+
 2178.	[bug]		'rndc reload' of a slave or stub zone resulted in
 			a reference leak. [RT #16867]
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/compress_test.c b/bin/tests/compress_test.c
index 60c033a218..a812886d2c 100644
--- a/bin/tests/compress_test.c
+++ b/bin/tests/compress_test.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: compress_test.c,v 1.27.18.4 2006/02/26 23:49:49 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: compress_test.c,v 1.27.18.5 2007/05/15 05:42:34 marka Exp $ */
 
 /*! \file */
 
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ unsigned char plain[] = "\003yyy\003foo\0\003bar\003yyy\003foo\0\003"
 /*
  * Result concatenate (plain1, plain2, plain2, plain3).
  */
-unsigned char bit1[] = "\101\010b";
-unsigned char bit2[] = "\101\014b\260";
-unsigned char bit3[] = "\101\020b\264";
-unsigned char bit[] = "\101\010b\0\101\014b\260\0\101\014b\260\0\101\020b\264";
-
 int raw = 0;
 int verbose = 0;
 
@@ -92,25 +87,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	     sizeof(plain));
 	test(DNS_COMPRESS_ALL, &name1, &name2, &name3, plain, sizeof(plain));
 
-	dns_name_init(&name1, NULL);
-	region.base = bit1;
-	region.length = sizeof(bit1);
-	dns_name_fromregion(&name1, &region);
-
-	dns_name_init(&name2, NULL);
-	region.base = bit2;
-	region.length = sizeof(bit2);
-	dns_name_fromregion(&name2, &region);
-
-	dns_name_init(&name3, NULL);
-	region.base = bit3;
-	region.length = sizeof(bit3);
-	dns_name_fromregion(&name3, &region);
-
-	test(DNS_COMPRESS_NONE, &name1, &name2, &name3, bit, sizeof(bit));
-	test(DNS_COMPRESS_GLOBAL14, &name1, &name2, &name3, bit, sizeof(bit));
-	test(DNS_COMPRESS_ALL, &name1, &name2, &name3, bit, sizeof(bit));
-
 	return (0);
 }