diff --git a/integration/construct/construct_test.go b/integration/construct/construct_test.go
index 961e143e..0d3903a3 100644
--- a/integration/construct/construct_test.go
+++ b/integration/construct/construct_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cloudfoundry/stembuild/test/helpers"
@@ -62,19 +61,6 @@ var _ = Describe("stembuild construct", func() {
 			Eventually(session.Out, constructOutputTimeout).Should(Say(`Attempting to enable WinRM on the guest vm...WinRm enabled on the guest VM`))
 		})
 
-		It("handles special characters", func() {
-			isAlphaNumeric, err := regexp.Compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]+")
-			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-			if isAlphaNumeric.MatchString(conf.VCenterUsername) && isAlphaNumeric.MatchString(conf.VCenterPassword) {
-				Skip("vCenter username or password must contain special characters")
-			}
-			session := helpers.Stembuild(stembuildExecutable, "construct", "-vm-ip", conf.TargetIP, "-vm-username", conf.VMUsername, "-vm-password", conf.VMPassword, "-vcenter-url", conf.VCenterURL, "-vcenter-username", conf.VCenterUsername, "-vcenter-password", conf.VCenterPassword, "-vm-inventory-path", conf.VMInventoryPath, "-vcenter-ca-certs", conf.VCenterCACert)
-
-			Eventually(session, constructOutputTimeout).Should(Exit(0))
-			Eventually(session.Out).Should(Say(`mock stemcell automation script executed`))
-		})
-
 		It("successfully runs even when a user has logged in", func() {
 			fmt.Printf("Logged on VM for test has IP: %s\n", conf.LoggedInVMIP)