diff --git a/state/remote/client_inmem.go b/state/remote/client_inmem.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1358b938f..000000000
--- a/state/remote/client_inmem.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package remote
-
-import (
-	"crypto/md5"
-)
-
-// InmemClient is a Client implementation that stores data in memory.
-type InmemClient struct {
-	Data []byte
-	MD5  []byte
-}
-
-func (c *InmemClient) Get() (*Payload, error) {
-	return &Payload{
-		Data: c.Data,
-		MD5:  c.MD5,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func (c *InmemClient) Put(data []byte) error {
-	md5 := md5.Sum(data)
-
-	c.Data = data
-	c.MD5 = md5[:]
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *InmemClient) Delete() error {
-	c.Data = nil
-	c.MD5 = nil
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/state/remote/state_test.go b/state/remote/state_test.go
index 01315b99e..90a60e9c4 100644
--- a/state/remote/state_test.go
+++ b/state/remote/state_test.go
@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/state"
 )
 
-func TestState(t *testing.T) {
-	s := &State{
-		Client:    new(InmemClient),
-		state:     state.TestStateInitial(),
-		readState: state.TestStateInitial(),
-	}
-	if err := s.PersistState(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	state.TestState(t, s)
-}
-
 func TestState_impl(t *testing.T) {
 	var _ state.StateReader = new(State)
 	var _ state.StateWriter = new(State)