diff --git a/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing-ref.html b/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing-ref.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f25cbbe924..00000000000
--- a/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing-ref.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<style>
-p { font: 36px Geeza Pro, serif; }
-</style>
-
-<p>&#x633;&#x644;&#x627;&#x645;</p>
diff --git a/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing.html b/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing.html
deleted file mode 100644
index f1019ba9bf5..00000000000
--- a/layout/reftests/text/arabic-final-ligature-spacing.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<style>
-p { font: 36px Geeza Pro, serif; }
-span { font-variant: small-caps; }
-</style>
-
-<!-- bug 739117: breaking the run after the lam-alef ligature
-     should NOT cause extra space to appear -->
-<p>&#x633;&#x644;&#x627;<span>&#x645;</span></p>
diff --git a/layout/reftests/text/reftest.list b/layout/reftests/text/reftest.list
index ebea62a70f1..7e2c4c5a63f 100644
--- a/layout/reftests/text/reftest.list
+++ b/layout/reftests/text/reftest.list
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ fails-if(cocoaWidget||Android||B2G) HTTP(..) == arabic-fallback-2.html arabic-fa
 fails-if(cocoaWidget||Android||B2G) HTTP(..) == arabic-fallback-3.html arabic-fallback-3-ref.html
 fails-if(!cocoaWidget&&!Android&&!B2G) HTTP(..) != arabic-fallback-4.html arabic-fallback-4-notref.html
 == arabic-marks-1.html arabic-marks-1-ref.html
-fails-if(cocoaWidget) == arabic-final-ligature-spacing.html arabic-final-ligature-spacing-ref.html # bug 739117
 # harfbuzz fallback mark stacking in the absence of GPOS:
 HTTP(..) != fallback-mark-stacking-1.html fallback-mark-stacking-1-notref.html
 
