diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx/src/index.js
index 22f963e342..2438070df0 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx/src/index.js
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ export default function (opts) {
     throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Namespace tags are not supported. ReactJSX is not XML.");
   };
 
-  visitor.JSXSpreadChild = function(path) {
-    throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Spread children are not supported.");
-  };
-
   visitor.JSXElement = {
     exit(path, file) {
       let callExpr = buildElementCall(path.get("openingElement"), file);
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/actual.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a05e108dc..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<div>{...children}</div>;
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ec71024507..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/test/fixtures/react/should-disallow-spread-children/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "throws": "Spread children are not supported."
-}