diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6ba9c8ba..d2d344640 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Bugs
    .taskrc file (thanks to Haitham Gad).
  + #1247 Tests now create a local dir, rather than use the insecure /tmp dir
    (thanks to Jakub Wilk).
+ + #1248 Merge tests no longer connect to takwarrior.org (thank to Jakub Wilk).
  + #1249 Build system now recognizes GNU/Hurd and GNU/kFreeBSD (thanks to Jakub
    Wilk).
  + #1263 The 'waiting' report properly lists only pending tasks with a wait date
diff --git a/test/bug.668.t b/test/bug.668.t
deleted file mode 100755
index 433fe51b0..000000000
--- a/test/bug.668.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
-##
-## Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-##
-## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-##
-## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-##
-## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 8;
-
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', 'bug.rc')
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n";
-  close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'bug.rc', 'Created bug.rc');
-}
-
-# Bug 668: URL should allow users with dot character
-
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc merge user.name\@taskwarrior.org:undo.data 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/ssh failed/, 'ssh does not connect');
-unlike ($output, qr/not a valid modifier/, 'scp syntax with dots');
-unlike ($output, qr/not in the expected format/, 'scp syntax with dots');
-
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc merge ssh://user.name\@taskwarrior.org/undo.data 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/ssh failed/, 'ssh does not connect');
-unlike ($output, qr/not a valid modifier/, 'standard syntax with dots');
-unlike ($output, qr/not in the expected format/, 'standard syntax with dots');
-
-# Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
-exit 0;
-