diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/Makefile b/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/Makefile
index dbb13f337..bd23e7671 100644
--- a/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/Makefile
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/Makefile
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ TOP = ../../../../..
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
-TESTPROD_HOST_DEFAULT = dbltExpand
-TESTPROD_HOST_WIN32 = -nil-
-dbltExpand_SRCS += dbltExpand.c
-dbltExpand_LIBS += dbCore ca Com
-
 TESTS += msi
 
 TESTSCRIPTS_HOST += $(TESTS:%=%.t)
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/dbltExpand.c b/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/dbltExpand.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 84dbefd41..000000000
--- a/modules/database/test/ioc/dbtemplate/dbltExpand.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************\
-* Copyright (c) 2010 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne
-* National Laboratory.
-* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS
-* EPICS Base is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
-* in the file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
-\*************************************************************************/
-
-/* This is a simple version of msi for testing the dbLoadTemplate() code.
- *
- * It calls dbLoadTemplate() to parse the substitution file, but replaces
- * dbLoadRecords() with its own version that reads the template file,
- * expands any macros in the text and prints the result to stdout.
- *
- * This technique won't work on Windows, dbLoadRecords() has to be
- * epicsShare... decorated and loaded from a shared library.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include "macLib.h"
-#include "dbLoadTemplate.h"
-
-
-#define BUFFER_SIZE 0x10000
-
-static char *input_buffer, *output_buffer;
-
-int dbLoadRecords(const char *file, const char *macros)
-{
-    MAC_HANDLE *macHandle = NULL;
-    char **macPairs;
-    FILE *fp;
-    size_t input_len;
-
-    if (macCreateHandle(&macHandle, NULL)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "macCreateHandle failed\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    macSuppressWarning(macHandle, 1);
-    macParseDefns(macHandle, macros, &macPairs);
-    if (!macPairs) {
-        macDeleteHandle(macHandle);
-        macHandle = NULL;
-    } else {
-        macInstallMacros(macHandle, macPairs);
-        free(macPairs);
-    }
-
-    fp = fopen(file, "r");
-    if (!fp) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "fopen('%s') failed: %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    input_len = fread(input_buffer, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, fp);
-    if (!feof(fp)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "input file > 64K!\n");
-        fclose(fp);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    input_buffer[input_len] = 0;
-
-    if (fclose(fp)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "fclose('%s') failed: %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    macExpandString(macHandle, input_buffer, output_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE-1);
-    printf("%s", output_buffer);
-
-    if (macHandle) macDeleteHandle(macHandle);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    input_buffer = malloc(BUFFER_SIZE);
-    output_buffer = malloc(BUFFER_SIZE);
-
-    if (!input_buffer || !output_buffer) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "malloc(%d) failed\n", BUFFER_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    if (argc != 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s file.sub\n", argv[0]);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    dbLoadTemplate(argv[1], NULL, NULL);
-
-    free(output_buffer);
-    free(input_buffer);
-    return 0;
-}