diff --git a/tests/test_sample.py b/tests/test_sample.py
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-# Sample Test passing with nose and pytest
-import os
-
-import pytest
-
-from pymorize.generic import CMORizer
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def fesom_sample():
-    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fesom_sample.yaml")
-
-
-def test_create_cmorizer_from_yaml(fesom_sample):
-    with open(fesom_sample, "r") as f:
-        cmor_engine = CMORizer.from_yaml(f)