diff --git a/features/create_sites.feature b/features/create_sites.feature
index 33327df6..c84d90f8 100644
--- a/features/create_sites.feature
+++ b/features/create_sites.feature
@@ -142,14 +142,17 @@ Feature: Create sites
 
   Scenario: Basic site with unpublished page
     Given I have an "index.html" page with title "index" that contains "Published page"
+    And I have a "public.html" page with published "true" that contains "Explicitly published page"
     And I have a "secret.html" page with published "false" that contains "Unpublished page"
 
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And the "_site/index.html" file should exist
+    And the "_site/public.html" file should exist
     But the "_site/secret.html" file should not exist
 
     When I run jekyll with "--unpublished"
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And the "_site/index.html" file should exist
+    And the "_site/public.html" file should exist
     And the "_site/secret.html" file should exist
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index 87644e24..9f963d0f 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -415,16 +415,6 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "initializing posts" do
-      should "publish when published yaml is no specified" do
-        post = setup_post("2008-02-02-published.textile")
-        assert_equal true, @site.send(:publisher).publish?(post)
-      end
-
-      should "not published when published yaml is false" do
-        post = setup_post("2008-02-02-not-published.textile")
-        assert_equal false, @site.send(:publisher).publish?(post)
-      end
-
       should "recognize date in yaml" do
         post = setup_post("2010-01-09-date-override.textile")
         do_render(post)