diff --git a/Testing/Code/IO/CMakeLists.txt b/Testing/Code/IO/CMakeLists.txt
index 904a56a6e282e26e0f881a3b316afc7fd61ec2dd..53000e025cddafc42e7cab7c1a83451798c9bd78 100755
--- a/Testing/Code/IO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Testing/Code/IO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1381,9 +1381,6 @@ ADD_TEST(ioTvWritingComplexDataWithComplexImage ${IO_TESTS14}
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ otbIOTESTS15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-ADD_TEST(ioTuVectorDataIOBaseTest ${IO_TESTS15} 
-        otbVectorDataIOBaseNew )
-
 ADD_TEST(ioTuOGRVectorDataIO ${IO_TESTS15} 
         otbSHPVectorDataIONew )
 
@@ -1526,7 +1523,6 @@ otbWritingComplexDataWithComplexImageTest.cxx
 
 
 SET(BasicIO_SRCS15
-otbVectorDataIOBaseNew.cxx
 otbVectorDataSourceNew.cxx
 otbVectorDataFileReaderNew.cxx
 otbVectorDataFileReader.cxx
diff --git a/Testing/Code/IO/otbIOTests15.cxx b/Testing/Code/IO/otbIOTests15.cxx
index 487a150aca6f2ab5cbe910f279fa79c551fa92ef..b40278c98d2e14ccfde9192a774fef4968714f48 100755
--- a/Testing/Code/IO/otbIOTests15.cxx
+++ b/Testing/Code/IO/otbIOTests15.cxx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 void RegisterTests()
 {
-REGISTER_TEST(otbVectorDataIOBaseNew);
 REGISTER_TEST(otbVectorDataSourceNew);
 REGISTER_TEST(otbVectorDataFileReaderNew);
 REGISTER_TEST(otbVectorDataFileReader);
diff --git a/Testing/Code/IO/otbVectorDataIOBaseNew.cxx b/Testing/Code/IO/otbVectorDataIOBaseNew.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 551eb4cbfc06de2a5ffb8d7d9dfd17cc92a31611..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Testing/Code/IO/otbVectorDataIOBaseNew.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*=========================================================================
-
-  Program:   ORFEO Toolbox
-  Language:  C++
-  Date:      $Date$
-  Version:   $Revision$
-
-
-  Copyright (c) Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. All rights reserved.
-  See OTBCopyright.txt for details.
-
-
-     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
-     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
-     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
-
-=========================================================================*/
-
-#include "otbVectorDataIOBase.h"
-#include "otbVectorData.h"
-
-int otbVectorDataIOBaseNew(int argc, char * argv[])
-{
-  typedef otb::VectorData<> VectorDataType;
-  typedef otb::VectorDataIOBase<VectorDataType> VectorDataIOBaseType;
-        VectorDataIOBaseType * object;
-        return 0;
-}