diff --git a/exercises/practice/binary-search/.meta/tests.toml b/exercises/practice/binary-search/.meta/tests.toml
index 61e2b06..f14108c 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/binary-search/.meta/tests.toml
+++ b/exercises/practice/binary-search/.meta/tests.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ description = "a value larger than the array's largest value is not found"
 
 [f439a0fa-cf42-4262-8ad1-64bf41ce566a]
 description = "nothing is found in an empty array"
+include = false
 
 [2c353967-b56d-40b8-acff-ce43115eed64]
 description = "nothing is found when the left and right bounds cross"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/binary-search/test.sml b/exercises/practice/binary-search/test.sml
index 129b2b0..a9f3c34 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/binary-search/test.sml
+++ b/exercises/practice/binary-search/test.sml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ val testsuite =
     test "a value larger than the array's largest value is not found"
       (fn _ => (fn _ => find (Array.fromList [1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11], 13)) |> Expect.error (Fail "value not in array")),
 
-    test "nothing is found in an empty array"
-      (fn _ => (fn _ => find (Array.fromList [], 1)) |> Expect.error (Fail "value not in array")),
-
     test "nothing is found when the left and right bounds cross"
       (fn _ => (fn _ => find (Array.fromList [1, 2], 0)) |> Expect.error (Fail "value not in array"))
   ]