diff --git a/demo/plugins/cacheresource.apc.php b/demo/plugins/cacheresource.apc.php
index 5403f3bc..00ba5981 100644
--- a/demo/plugins/cacheresource.apc.php
+++ b/demo/plugins/cacheresource.apc.php
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ class Smarty_CacheResource_Apc extends Smarty_CacheResource_KeyValueStore {
         if(!function_exists('apc_cache_info')) {
             throw new Exception('APC Template Caching Error: APC is not installed');
         }
-          
-         apc_store(array('foo' => 'bar'));
-         $t = apc_fetch(array('foo'));
-         if (!$t || $t['foo'] != 'bar') {
-             throw new Exception('APC Template Caching Error: APC is not working properly');
-         }
     }
 
     /**