diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4314a56..82de207 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ definedTests in Test += (
     and files (including java sources) in that directory are compiled in order by looking
     at `_$N` suffixes before the file's extension and compiling them grouped by $N, in ascending order.
   - jars in `test/files/lib` are expected to be on the classpath and may be used by tests
-  - certain kinds of tests (scalacheck/instrumented/specialized) add additional jars to the classpath
+  - certain kinds of tests (instrumented/specialized) add additional jars to the classpath
 
 ## System properties available to tests:
 
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 329704d..2be05fb 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ scalaXmlVersion            := {
   if (scalaVersion.value.startsWith("2.11.")) "1.0.4" else "1.0.6"
 }
 
-scalaCheckVersion          := "1.11.6"
-
 // TODO: eliminate "-deprecation:false" for nightlies,
 //   included by default because we don't want to break scala/scala pr validation
 scalacOptions ++=
@@ -43,9 +41,6 @@ libraryDependencies += "com.googlecode.java-diff-utils" % "diffutils"      % "1.
 
 libraryDependencies += "org.scala-sbt"                  % "test-interface" % "1.0"
 
-// to run scalacheck tests, depend on scalacheck separately
-libraryDependencies += "org.scalacheck"                %% "scalacheck"     % scalaCheckVersion.value % "provided"
-
 // mark all scala dependencies as provided which means one has to explicitly provide them when depending on partest
 // this allows for easy testing of modules (like scala-xml) that provide tested classes themselves and shouldn't
 // pull in an older version of itself
diff --git a/project/keys.scala b/project/keys.scala
index 82c8f68..9c3de57 100644
--- a/project/keys.scala
+++ b/project/keys.scala
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ object VersionKeys {
 
   // To facilitate scripted build of all modules (while we're working on getting dbuild up and running)
   val scalaXmlVersion   = settingKey[String]("Version to use for the scala-xml dependency.")
-  val scalaCheckVersion = settingKey[String]("Version to use for the scalacheck dependency.")
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/TestKinds.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/TestKinds.scala
index 8caf75c..92b1a55 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/TestKinds.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/TestKinds.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package partest
 import nest.PathSettings.srcDir
 
 object TestKinds {
-  val standardKinds = ("pos neg run jvm res scalacheck scalap specialized instrumented presentation" split "\\s+").toList
+  val standardKinds = ("pos neg run jvm res scalap specialized instrumented presentation" split "\\s+").toList
 
   def denotesTestFile(p: Path) = p.isFile && p.hasExtension("scala", "res", "xml")
   def denotesTestDir(p: Path) = kindOf(p) match {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
index aabfe27..40b7da8 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
@@ -573,51 +573,6 @@ class Runner(val testFile: File, val suiteRunner: SuiteRunner, val nestUI: NestU
     case _              => Array.empty[String]
   }
 
-  def runScalacheckTest() = runTestCommon {
-    nestUI.verbose(f"compilation of $testFile succeeded%n")
-
-    val logWriter = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(logFile), true)
-
-    def runInFramework(): Boolean = {
-      import org.scalatools.testing._
-      // getClass.getClassLoader.instantiate[Framework]("org.scalacheck.ScalaCheckFramework")
-      val f: Framework = new org.scalacheck.ScalaCheckFramework
-      val logger = new Logger {
-        def ansiCodesSupported  = false //params.env.isSet("colors")
-        def error(msg: String)  = logWriter println msg
-        def warn(msg: String)   = logWriter println msg
-        def info(msg: String)   = logWriter println msg
-        def debug(msg: String)  = logWriter println msg
-        def trace(t: Throwable) = t printStackTrace logWriter
-      }
-      var bad = 0
-      val handler = new EventHandler {
-        // testName, description, result, error
-        // Result =  Success, Failure, Error, Skipped
-        def handle(event: Event): Unit = event.result match {
-          case Result.Success =>
-          //case Result.Skipped =>   // an exhausted test is skipped, therefore bad
-          case _ => bad += 1
-        }
-      }
-      val loggers     = Array(logger)
-      val loader      = ScalaClassLoader.fromURLs(List(outDir.toURI.toURL), getClass.getClassLoader)
-      val r           = f.testRunner(loader, loggers).asInstanceOf[Runner2]  // cast to interface with the fingerprint we want
-      val claas       = "Test"
-      val fingerprint = f.tests collectFirst { case x: SubclassFingerprint if x.isModule => x }
-      val args        = toolArgs("scalacheck")
-      nestUI.vlog(s"Run $testFile with args $args")
-      // set the context class loader for scaladoc/scalacheck tests (FIX ME)
-      ScalaClassLoader(fileManager.testClassLoader).asContext {
-        r.run(claas, fingerprint.get, handler, args.toArray)    // synchronous?
-      }
-      val ok = (bad == 0)
-      if (!ok) _transcript append logFile.fileContents
-      ok
-    }
-    try nextTestActionExpectTrue("ScalaCheck test failed", runInFramework()) finally logWriter.close()
-  }
-
   def runResidentTest() = {
     // simulate resident compiler loop
     val prompt = "\nnsc> "
@@ -693,7 +648,6 @@ class Runner(val testFile: File, val suiteRunner: SuiteRunner, val nestUI: NestU
     else kind match {
       case "pos"          => runTestCommon(true)
       case "ant"          => runAntTest()
-      case "scalacheck"   => runScalacheckTest()
       case "res"          => runResidentTest()
       case "scalap"       => runScalapTest()
       case "script"       => runScriptTest()
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/RunnerSpec.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/RunnerSpec.scala
index 229ac59..850d141 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/RunnerSpec.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/RunnerSpec.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ trait RunnerSpec extends Spec with Meta.StdOpts with Interpolation {
   val optAnt          = "ant"          / "run Ant tests"                     --?
   val optScalap       = "scalap"       / "run scalap tests"                  --?
   val optSpecialized  = "specialized"  / "run specialization tests"          --?
-  val optScalacheck   = "scalacheck"   / "run ScalaCheck tests"              --?
   val optInstrumented = "instrumented" / "run instrumented tests"            --?
   val optPresentation = "presentation" / "run presentation compiler tests"   --?