diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_i18n.py b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_i18n.py
index f5aba31ed42c10..c6e011d83b2e23 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_i18n.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_i18n.py
@@ -155,72 +155,6 @@ def test_POT_Creation_Date(self):
             # This will raise if the date format does not exactly match.
             datetime.strptime(creationDate, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M%z')
 
-    def test_funcdocstring(self):
-        for doc in ('"""doc"""', "r'''doc'''", "R'doc'", 'u"doc"'):
-            with self.subTest(doc):
-                msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-                def foo(bar):
-                    %s
-                ''' % doc))
-                self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_funcdocstring_bytes(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo(bar):
-            b"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
-    def test_funcdocstring_fstring(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo(bar):
-            f"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
-    def test_classdocstring(self):
-        for doc in ('"""doc"""', "r'''doc'''", "R'doc'", 'u"doc"'):
-            with self.subTest(doc):
-                msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-                class C:
-                    %s
-                ''' % doc))
-                self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_classdocstring_bytes(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        class C:
-            b"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
-    def test_classdocstring_fstring(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        class C:
-            f"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
-    def test_moduledocstring(self):
-        for doc in ('"""doc"""', "r'''doc'''", "R'doc'", 'u"doc"'):
-            with self.subTest(doc):
-                msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-                %s
-                ''' % doc))
-                self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_moduledocstring_bytes(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        b"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
-    def test_moduledocstring_fstring(self):
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        f"""doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
-
     def test_msgid(self):
         msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(
                 '''_("""doc""" r'str' u"ing")''')
@@ -234,57 +168,6 @@ def test_msgid_fstring(self):
         msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str('_(f"""doc""")')
         self.assertFalse([msgid for msgid in msgids if 'doc' in msgid])
 
-    def test_funcdocstring_annotated_args(self):
-        """ Test docstrings for functions with annotated args """
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo(bar: str):
-            """doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_funcdocstring_annotated_return(self):
-        """ Test docstrings for functions with annotated return type """
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo(bar) -> str:
-            """doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_funcdocstring_defvalue_args(self):
-        """ Test docstring for functions with default arg values """
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo(bar=()):
-            """doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
-
-    def test_funcdocstring_multiple_funcs(self):
-        """ Test docstring extraction for multiple functions combining
-        annotated args, annotated return types and default arg values
-        """
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        def foo1(bar: tuple=()) -> str:
-            """doc1"""
-
-        def foo2(bar: List[1:2]) -> (lambda x: x):
-            """doc2"""
-
-        def foo3(bar: 'func'=lambda x: x) -> {1: 2}:
-            """doc3"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertIn('doc1', msgids)
-        self.assertIn('doc2', msgids)
-        self.assertIn('doc3', msgids)
-
-    def test_classdocstring_early_colon(self):
-        """ Test docstring extraction for a class with colons occurring within
-        the parentheses.
-        """
-        msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\
-        class D(L[1:2], F({1: 2}), metaclass=M(lambda x: x)):
-            """doc"""
-        '''))
-        self.assertIn('doc', msgids)
 
     def test_calls_in_fstrings(self):
         msgids = self.extract_docstrings_from_str(dedent('''\