diff --git a/docs/examples/dropped_axiom.owl b/docs/examples/dropped_axiom.owl
deleted file mode 100644
index 7675e191d..000000000
--- a/docs/examples/dropped_axiom.owl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl#"
-     xml:base="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl"
-     xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-     xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
-     xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
-     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
-     xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
-     xmlns:rdf-schema="http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#">
-    <owl:Ontology rdf:about="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro.owl"/>
-    
-
-
-    <!-- 
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //
-    // Annotation properties
-    //
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-     -->
-
-    
-
-
-    <!-- http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso -->
-
-    <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso"/>
-    
-
-
-    <!-- 
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //
-    // Object Properties
-    //
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-     -->
-
-    
-
-
-    <!-- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000050 -->
-
-    <owl:ObjectProperty rdf:about="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000050">
-        <rdfs:label rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">part of</rdfs:label>
-    </owl:ObjectProperty>
-</rdf:RDF>
-
-
-
-<!-- Generated by the OWL API (version 4.2.6.20160910-2108) https://github.com/owlcs/owlapi -->
-
diff --git a/robot-command/src/test/java/org/obolibrary/robot/CommandLineIT.java b/robot-command/src/test/java/org/obolibrary/robot/CommandLineIT.java
index 6b636bf77..238f5dbec 100644
--- a/robot-command/src/test/java/org/obolibrary/robot/CommandLineIT.java
+++ b/robot-command/src/test/java/org/obolibrary/robot/CommandLineIT.java
@@ -236,18 +236,6 @@ public void testExecute() throws Exception {
       runCommand(command);
     }
 
-    // Regression test for dropped axiom should fail:
-    // https://github.com/ontodev/robot/issues/98
-    boolean passed = true;
-    try {
-      runCommand("robot convert -i dropped_axiom.owl -o " + "results/dropped_axiom.owl");
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      passed = false;
-    }
-    if (passed) {
-      throw new Exception("dropped_axiom.owl test should fail but it passed");
-    }
-
     compareResults();
   }
 }