diff --git a/nucleotide-count/Example.cs b/nucleotide-count/Example.cs
index 48f9c729f8..4dbd18ddc5 100644
--- a/nucleotide-count/Example.cs
+++ b/nucleotide-count/Example.cs
@@ -19,19 +19,11 @@ private void InitializeNucleotideCounts(string sequence)
 
     public int Count(char nucleotide)
     {
-        if (IsUracil(nucleotide))
-            return 0;
-
         int count;
         if (!NucleotideCounts.TryGetValue(nucleotide, out count))
             throw new InvalidNucleotideException();
         return count;
     }
-
-    private static bool IsUracil(char nucleotide)
-    {
-        return nucleotide == 'U';
-    }
 }
 
 public class InvalidNucleotideException : Exception { }
diff --git a/nucleotide-count/NucleotideCountTest.cs b/nucleotide-count/NucleotideCountTest.cs
index 492bc25a70..0648c76a6e 100644
--- a/nucleotide-count/NucleotideCountTest.cs
+++ b/nucleotide-count/NucleotideCountTest.cs
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ public void Counts_a_nucleotide_only_once()
         Assert.That(dna.Count('T'), Is.EqualTo(2));
     }
 
-    [Ignore]
-    [Test]
-    public void Has_no_uracil()
-    {
-        var dna = new DNA("GGTTGG");
-        Assert.That(dna.Count('U'), Is.EqualTo(0));
-    }
-
     [Ignore]
     [Test]
     public void Validates_nucleotides()
@@ -78,4 +70,4 @@ public void Counts_all_nucleotides()
         var expected = new Dictionary<char, int> { { 'A', 20 }, { 'T', 21 }, { 'C', 12 }, { 'G', 17 } };
         Assert.That(dna.NucleotideCounts, Is.EqualTo(expected));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}