diff --git a/src/data-table/data-table.js b/src/data-table/data-table.js
index 0a0daa1b..56133d9f 100644
--- a/src/data-table/data-table.js
+++ b/src/data-table/data-table.js
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@
     var checkbox = document.createElement('input');
     checkbox.type = 'checkbox';
     checkbox.classList.add('mdl-checkbox__input');
-
     if (row) {
-      checkbox.checked = row.classList.contains(this.CssClasses_.IS_SELECTED);
       checkbox.addEventListener('change', this.selectRow_(checkbox, row));
     } else if (rows) {
       checkbox.addEventListener('change', this.selectRow_(checkbox, null, rows));
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 8604bea4..747c171a 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 <script src="../src/mdlComponentHandler.js"></script>
 <script src="../src/button/button.js"></script>
 <script src="../src/checkbox/checkbox.js"></script>
-<script src="../src/data-table/data-table.js"></script>
 <script src="../src/icon-toggle/icon-toggle.js"></script>
 <script src="../src/layout/layout.js"></script>
 <script src="../src/progress/progress.js"></script>
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@
 <script src="unit/componentHandler.js"></script>
 <script src="unit/button.js"></script>
 <script src="unit/checkbox.js"></script>
-<script src="unit/data-table.js"></script>
 <script src="unit/icon-toggle.js"></script>
 <script src="unit/layout.js"></script>
 <script src="unit/progress.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/unit/data-table.js b/test/unit/data-table.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b1a567c..00000000
--- a/test/unit/data-table.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-var TABLE_TEMPLATE = '<table class="mdl-data-table mdl-js-data-table mdl-data-table--selectable" id="data-table-test">' +
-      '<thead>' +
-      '  <tr>' +
-      '    <th class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric">Material</th>' +
-      '    <th>Quantity</th>' +
-      '    <th>Unit price</th>' +
-      '  </tr>' +
-      '</thead>' +
-      '<tbody>' +
-      '  <tr>' +
-      '    <td class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric">Acrylic (Transparent)</td>' +
-      '    <td>25</td>' +
-      '    <td>$2.90</td>' +
-      '  </tr>' +
-      '  <tr class="is-selected second-row">' +
-      '    <td class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric">Plywood (Birch)</td>' +
-      '    <td>50</td>' +
-      '    <td>$1.25</td>' +
-      '  </tr>' +
-      '</tbody>' +
-    '</table>';
-
-describe('MaterialDataTable', function () {
-
-  it('should be globally available', function () {
-    expect(MaterialDataTable).to.be.a('function');
-  });
-
-  it('should upgrade successfully', function () {
-    var el = document.createElement('div');
-    el.innerHTML = TABLE_TEMPLATE;
-
-    componentHandler.upgradeElement(el, 'MaterialDataTable');
-    expect($(el)).to.have.data('upgraded', ',MaterialDataTable');
-  });
-
-  it('should have is-checked class when the row has the is-selected class', function () {
-    var el = document.createElement('div');
-    el.innerHTML = TABLE_TEMPLATE;
-    document.body.appendChild(el);
-    table = document.querySelector('#data-table-test')
-    componentHandler.upgradeElement(table, 'MaterialDataTable');
-    expect(table.querySelector('.second-row label').classList.contains('is-checked')).to.be.true;
-  });
-
-});