diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/results/uri_callback/grib_global.cml b/lib/iris/tests/results/uri_callback/grib_global.cml
deleted file mode 100644
index aef0310a96..0000000000
--- a/lib/iris/tests/results/uri_callback/grib_global.cml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<cubes xmlns="urn:x-iris:cubeml-0.2">
-  <cube dtype="float64" standard_name="air_temperature" units="K">
-    <attributes>
-      <attribute name="GRIB_PARAM" value="GRIB2:d000c000n000"/>
-    </attributes>
-    <coords>
-      <coord>
-        <dimCoord id="507906da" long_name="extra_year_number_coord" points="[1998]" shape="(1,)" units="Unit('no_unit')" value_type="int64"/>
-      </coord>
-      <coord>
-        <dimCoord bounds="[[-28587.0, 6477.0]]" id="1d45e087" points="[-11055.0]" shape="(1,)" standard_name="forecast_period" units="Unit('hours')" value_type="float64"/>
-      </coord>
-      <coord>
-        <dimCoord id="9c8bdf81" points="[246987.0]" shape="(1,)" standard_name="forecast_reference_time" units="Unit('hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00', calendar='gregorian')" value_type="float64"/>
-      </coord>
-      <coord datadims="[0]">
-        <dimCoord id="98bcd589" points="[89.999983, 87.499984, 84.999985, 82.499986,
-		79.999987, 77.499988, 74.999989, 72.49999,
-		69.999991, 67.499992, 64.999993, 62.499994,
-		59.999995, 57.499996, 54.999997, 52.499998,
-		49.999999, 47.5, 45.000001, 42.500002,
-		40.000003, 37.500004, 35.000005, 32.500006,
-		30.000007, 27.500008, 25.000009, 22.50001,
-		20.000011, 17.500012, 15.000013, 12.500014,
-		10.000015, 7.500016, 5.000017, 2.500018,
-		1.90000000089e-05, -2.49998, -4.999979,
-		-7.499978, -9.999977, -12.499976, -14.999975,
-		-17.499974, -19.999973, -22.499972, -24.999971,
-		-27.49997, -29.999969, -32.499968, -34.999967,
-		-37.499966, -39.999965, -42.499964, -44.999963,
-		-47.499962, -49.999961, -52.49996, -54.999959,
-		-57.499958, -59.999957, -62.499956, -64.999955,
-		-67.499954, -69.999953, -72.499952, -74.999951,
-		-77.49995, -79.999949, -82.499948, -84.999947,
-		-87.499946, -89.999945]" shape="(73,)" standard_name="latitude" units="Unit('degrees')" value_type="float64">
-          <geogCS earth_radius="6367470.0"/>
-        </dimCoord>
-      </coord>
-      <coord datadims="[1]">
-        <dimCoord circular="True" id="160a738f" points="[0.0, 3.749998, 7.499996, ..., 348.749814,
-		352.499812, 356.24981]" shape="(96,)" standard_name="longitude" units="Unit('degrees')" value_type="float64">
-          <geogCS earth_radius="6367470.0"/>
-        </dimCoord>
-      </coord>
-      <coord>
-        <dimCoord id="302bf438" long_name="pressure" points="[100000.0]" shape="(1,)" units="Unit('Pa')" value_type="float64"/>
-      </coord>
-      <coord>
-        <dimCoord bounds="[[218400.0, 253464.0]]" id="cb784457" points="[235932.0]" shape="(1,)" standard_name="time" units="Unit('hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00', calendar='gregorian')" value_type="float64"/>
-      </coord>
-    </coords>
-    <cellMethods>
-      <cellMethod method="mean">
-        <coord name="time"/>
-      </cellMethod>
-    </cellMethods>
-    <data checksum="0x857e5378" dtype="float64" shape="(73, 96)"/>
-  </cube>
-</cubes>
diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/test_uri_callback.py b/lib/iris/tests/test_uri_callback.py
index 16bccb7a09..b428a1b561 100644
--- a/lib/iris/tests/test_uri_callback.py
+++ b/lib/iris/tests/test_uri_callback.py
@@ -9,37 +9,11 @@
 
 import os
 
-import iris.coords
+import iris
 
 
 @tests.skip_data
 class TestCallbacks(tests.IrisTest):
-    @tests.skip_grib
-    def test_grib_callback(self):
-        def grib_thing_getter(cube, field, filename):
-            if hasattr(field, "sections"):
-                # New-style loader callback : 'field' is a GribMessage, which has 'sections'.
-                cube.add_aux_coord(
-                    iris.coords.AuxCoord(
-                        field.sections[1]["year"],
-                        long_name="extra_year_number_coord",
-                        units="no_unit",
-                    )
-                )
-            else:
-                # Old-style loader provides 'GribWrapper' type field.
-                cube.add_aux_coord(
-                    iris.coords.AuxCoord(
-                        field.extra_keys["_periodStartDateTime"],
-                        long_name="random element",
-                        units="no_unit",
-                    )
-                )
-
-        fname = tests.get_data_path(("GRIB", "global_t", "global.grib2"))
-        cube = iris.load_cube(fname, callback=grib_thing_getter)
-        self.assertCML(cube, ["uri_callback", "grib_global.cml"])
-
     def test_pp_callback(self):
         def pp_callback(cube, field, filename):
             cube.attributes["filename"] = os.path.basename(filename)