diff --git a/test/network/legacy-url-dep.js b/test/network/legacy-url-dep.js
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index 78626957548b3..0000000000000
--- a/test/network/legacy-url-dep.js
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@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-var test = require('tap').test
-var common = require('../common-tap.js')
-var path = require('path')
-var rimraf = require('rimraf')
-var mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
-var basepath = path.resolve(__dirname, path.basename(__filename, '.js'))
-var fixturepath = path.resolve(basepath, 'npm-test-url-dep')
-var modulepath = path.resolve(basepath, 'node_modules')
-var Tacks = require('tacks')
-var File = Tacks.File
-var Dir = Tacks.Dir
-
-var fixture = new Tacks(
-  Dir({
-    README: File(
-      'just an npm test\n'
-    ),
-    'package.json': File({
-      name: 'npm-test-url-dep',
-      version: '1.2.3',
-      dependencies: {
-        jsonify: 'https://github.com/substack/jsonify/tarball/master',
-        sax: 'isaacs/sax-js',
-        'canonical-host': 'https://github.com/isaacs/canonical-host'
-      }
-    })
-  })
-)
-
-test('setup', function (t) {
-  setup()
-  t.done()
-})
-
-test('url-dep', function (t) {
-  common.npm(['install', fixturepath], {cwd: basepath}, installCheckAndTest)
-  function installCheckAndTest (err, code, stdout, stderr) {
-    if (err) throw err
-    t.is(code, 0, 'install went ok')
-    t.done()
-  }
-})
-
-test('cleanup', function (t) {
-  cleanup()
-  t.done()
-})
-
-function setup () {
-  cleanup()
-  fixture.create(fixturepath)
-  mkdirp.sync(modulepath)
-}
-
-function cleanup () {
-  fixture.remove(fixturepath)
-  rimraf.sync(basepath)
-}