diff --git a/test/bug.455.t b/test/bug.455.t
deleted file mode 100755
index 1bbf9a478..000000000
--- a/test/bug.455.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-##
-## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-##
-## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-##
-## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 2;
-
-# Ensure environment has no influence.
-delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
-delete $ENV{'TASKRC'};
-
-use File::Basename;
-my $ut = basename ($0);
-my $rc = $ut . '.rc';
-
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', $rc)
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
-            "print.empty.columns=no\n";
-  close $fh;
-}
-
-# Bug #455 - Text alignment in reports is broken when text contains wide utf8
-#            characters
-
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add abc pro:Bar\x{263A} 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add def pro:Foo 2>&1};
-
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc ls 2>&1};
-
-# Project + ' ' == 4
-like ($output, qr/\S\s{4}abc/ms, "$ut: correct spacing in utf8 task");
-like ($output, qr/\S\s{5}def/ms, "$ut: correct spacing in non utf8 task");
-
-# Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
-exit 0;
diff --git a/test/encoding.t b/test/encoding.t
index 66d910b25..d6b1e9594 100755
--- a/test/encoding.t
+++ b/test/encoding.t
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
+import re
 import unittest
 # Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
@@ -58,6 +59,22 @@ class TestUtf8(TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("two", out)
         self.assertIn("one", out)
 
+    def test_wide_utf8(self):
+        """Text alignment in reports with wide utf8 characters"""
+        # Originally Bug #455 - Text alignment in reports is broken when text
+        #                       contains wide utf8 characters
+        self.t.config("print.empty.columns", "no")
+
+        self.t(("add", "abc", "pro:Bar\u263a"))
+        self.t(("add", "def", "pro:Foo"))
+
+        code, out, err = self.t(("ls",))
+
+        expected = re.compile("\S\s{4}abc", re.MULTILINE)
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out, expected)
+        expected = re.compile("\S\s{5}def", re.MULTILINE)
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out, expected)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from simpletap import TAPTestRunner