diff --git a/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs b/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
index 26c558294..26e4ff0dd 100644
--- a/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
+++ b/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ impl RibonucleicAcid {
     }
 }
 
-impl AsRef<str> for RibonucleicAcid {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &str {
-        self.nucleotides.as_ref()
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
 pub struct DeoxyribonucleicAcid {
     nucleotides: String
diff --git a/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs b/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
index 559222bb4..99be89f46 100644
--- a/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
+++ b/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@ fn test_transcribes_thymine_to_adenine() {
 fn test_transcribes_all_dna_to_rna() {
     assert_eq!(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("UGCACCAGAAUU"), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("ACGTGGTCTTAA").to_rna())
 }
-
-#[test]
-#[ignore]
-fn test_acid_converts_to_string() {
-    assert_eq!(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("AGC").as_ref(), "AGC");
-    assert_eq!(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("CGA").as_ref(), "CGA");
-}