diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/initializationguide/UserTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/initializationguide/UserTest.java
index d0116d03b8..8d352ba706 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/initializationguide/UserTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/initializationguide/UserTest.java
@@ -4,31 +4,10 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 public class UserTest {
 
-
-    Path userData;
-
-    @Before
-    public void init() throws IOException {
-        userData = Paths.get("src/test/resources/user.data");
-        if (!Files.exists(userData))
-            Files.createFile(userData);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void givenUserInstance_whenIntializedWithNew_thenInstanceIsNotNull() {
         User user = new User("Alice", 1);
@@ -49,18 +28,6 @@ public class UserTest {
         assertThat(clonedUser).isEqualTo(user);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void givenFileWithBitsRepresentingUser_whenDeserialized_thenUserIsCreated() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        try (ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(userData.toFile())))) {
-            User user = new User("Tom", 0);
-            out.writeObject(user);
-        }
-        try (ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(userData.toFile())))) {
-            User deserializedUser = (User) in.readObject();
-            assertThat(deserializedUser).isNotNull();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void givenUserInstance_whenValuesAreNotInitialized_thenUserNameAndIdReturnDefault() {
         User user = new User();
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/resources/user.data b/core-java/src/test/resources/user.data
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000