diff --git a/tests/cacheTest.js b/tests/cacheTest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index df21e10f57..0000000000
--- a/tests/cacheTest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-const tape = require('tape')
-const VM = require('../')
-var async = require('async')
-var Account = require('ethereumjs-account')
-var Transaction = require('ethereumjs-tx')
-var Trie = require('merkle-patricia-tree')
-var ethUtil = require('ethereumjs-util')
-
-tape('test the cache api', function (t) {
-  t.test('should have the correct value in the cache ', function (st) {
-    var account1 = {
-      address: Buffer.from('cd2a3d9f938e13cd947ec05abc7fe734df8dd826', 'hex'),
-      key: ethUtil.keccak256('cow')
-    }
-
-    /*
-    contract Contract2 {
-        uint i
-        function Contract2() {
-            i = 1
-        }
-    }
-    */
-    var account2 = {
-      address: Buffer.from('985509582b2c38010bfaa3c8d2be60022d3d00da', 'hex'),
-      code: Buffer.from('60606040525b60016000600050819055505b600a80601e6000396000f30060606040526008565b00', 'hex')
-    }
-
-    /*
-    contract Contract {
-        function test(uint i) returns (uint) {
-            return i
-        }
-    }
-    */
-    var account3 = {
-      code: Buffer.from('6060604052606a8060116000396000f30060606040526000357c01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009004806329e99f07146037576035565b005b6046600480359060200150605c565b6040518082815260200191505060405180910390f35b60008190506065565b91905056', 'hex')
-    }
-
-    var vm = new VM(new Trie())
-
-    async.series([
-      createAccount,
-      runCode,
-      runTx,
-      function (cb) {
-        vm.stateManager.trie.get(account2.address, function (err, val) {
-          t.assert(!err)
-          var a = new Account(val)
-          a.getCode(vm.stateManager.trie, function (err, v) {
-            t.assert(!err)
-            t.assert(v.toString('hex') === '60606040526008565b00')
-            cb()
-          })
-        })
-      }
-    ], function (err) {
-      t.assert(!err)
-      st.end()
-    })
-
-    function createAccount (cb) {
-      var account = new Account()
-      account.balance = '0xf00000000000000001'
-      vm.stateManager.trie.put(Buffer.from(account1.address, 'hex'), account.serialize(), cb)
-    }
-
-    function runCode (cb) {
-      var account = new Account()
-
-      vm.runCode({
-        code: account2.code,
-        data: account2.code,
-        account: account,
-        gasLimit: 3141592,
-        address: account2.address,
-        caller: account1.address
-      }, function (err, result) {
-        if (err) return cb(err)
-        account.setCode(vm.stateManager.trie, result.return, function (err) {
-          if (err) cb(err)
-          else vm.stateManager.trie.put(account2.address, account.serialize(), cb)
-        })
-      })
-    }
-
-    function runTx (cb) {
-      var tx = new Transaction({
-        gasLimit: 3141592,
-        gasPrice: 1,
-        data: account3.code
-      })
-      tx.sign(account1.key)
-      vm.runTx({
-        tx: tx
-      }, cb)
-    }
-  })
-})