diff --git a/spacy/tests/vocab/test_asciify.py b/spacy/tests/vocab/test_asciify.py
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index 4c8a555a6..000000000
--- a/spacy/tests/vocab/test_asciify.py
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import pytest
-
-from spacy.orth import asciied
-
-
-def test_tilde():
-    string = u'hõmbre'
-    assert asciied(string) == b'hombre'
-
-
-def test_smart_quote():
-    string = u'“'
-    assert asciied(string) == b'"'
-    string = u'”'
-    assert asciied(string) == b'"'