diff --git a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
index 9342154c62..735a5a296f 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ integrationTest(WAYLAND_ONLY NAME testFractionalScaling SRCS fractional_scaling_
 
 qt_add_dbus_interfaces(DBUS_SRCS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/org.kde.kwin.VirtualKeyboard.xml)
 integrationTest(WAYLAND_ONLY NAME testVirtualKeyboardDBus SRCS test_virtualkeyboard_dbus.cpp ${DBUS_SRCS})
-integrationTest(WAYLAND_ONLY NAME testNightColor SRCS nightcolor_test.cpp LIBS KWinNightColorPlugin)
 
 if (XCB_ICCCM_FOUND)
     integrationTest(NAME testMoveResize SRCS move_resize_window_test.cpp LIBS XCB::ICCCM)
diff --git a/autotests/integration/nightcolor_test.cpp b/autotests/integration/nightcolor_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 52dec18c0e..0000000000
--- a/autotests/integration/nightcolor_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    KWin - the KDE window manager
-    This file is part of the KDE project.
-
-    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com>
-
-    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-*/
-#include "kwin_wayland_test.h"
-
-#include "core/outputbackend.h"
-#include "plugins/nightcolor/constants.h"
-#include "plugins/nightcolor/nightcolormanager.h"
-#include "wayland_server.h"
-
-#include <KConfigGroup>
-
-using namespace KWin;
-
-static const QString s_socketName = QStringLiteral("wayland_test_kwin_nightcolor-0");
-
-class NightColorTest : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-private Q_SLOTS:
-    void initTestCase();
-    void init();
-    void cleanup();
-
-    void testConfigRead_data();
-    void testConfigRead();
-};
-
-void NightColorTest::initTestCase()
-{
-    QSignalSpy applicationStartedSpy(kwinApp(), &Application::started);
-    QVERIFY(waylandServer()->init(s_socketName));
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(kwinApp()->outputBackend(), "setVirtualOutputs", Qt::DirectConnection, Q_ARG(QVector<QRect>, QVector<QRect>() << QRect(0, 0, 1280, 1024) << QRect(1280, 0, 1280, 1024)));
-
-    kwinApp()->setConfig(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QString(), KConfig::SimpleConfig));
-
-    kwinApp()->start();
-    QVERIFY(applicationStartedSpy.wait());
-
-    NightColorManager *manager = NightColorManager::self();
-    QVERIFY(manager);
-}
-
-void NightColorTest::init()
-{
-    QVERIFY(Test::setupWaylandConnection());
-}
-
-void NightColorTest::cleanup()
-{
-    Test::destroyWaylandConnection();
-}
-
-void NightColorTest::testConfigRead_data()
-{
-    QTest::addColumn<bool>("active");
-    QTest::addColumn<int>("mode");
-
-    QTest::newRow("activeMode0") << true << 0;
-    QTest::newRow("activeMode1") << true << 1;
-    QTest::newRow("activeMode2") << true << 3;
-    QTest::newRow("notActiveMode2") << false << 2;
-    QTest::newRow("wrongData1") << false << 4;
-}
-
-void NightColorTest::testConfigRead()
-{
-    QFETCH(bool, active);
-    QFETCH(int, mode);
-
-    const bool activeDefault = true;
-    const int modeDefault = 0;
-
-    KConfigGroup cfgGroup = kwinApp()->config()->group("NightColor");
-
-    cfgGroup.writeEntry("Active", activeDefault);
-    cfgGroup.writeEntry("Mode", modeDefault);
-    kwinApp()->config()->sync();
-    NightColorManager *manager = NightColorManager::self();
-    manager->reconfigure();
-
-    QCOMPARE(manager->isEnabled(), activeDefault);
-    QCOMPARE(manager->mode(), modeDefault);
-
-    cfgGroup.writeEntry("Active", active);
-    cfgGroup.writeEntry("Mode", mode);
-    kwinApp()->config()->sync();
-
-    manager->reconfigure();
-
-    QCOMPARE(manager->isEnabled(), active);
-    if (mode > 3 || mode < 0) {
-        QCOMPARE(manager->mode(), 0);
-    } else {
-        QCOMPARE(manager->mode(), mode);
-    }
-}
-
-WAYLANDTEST_MAIN(NightColorTest)
-#include "nightcolor_test.moc"