diff --git a/lib/tests/test_ripemd.py b/lib/tests/test_ripemd.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cc8326088..000000000
--- a/lib/tests/test_ripemd.py
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-import random
-import hashlib
-
-from lib import ripemd
-
-class Test_RIPEMD160(unittest.TestCase):
-    """ Test pure Python implementation against standard library. """
-
-    def test_ripemd(self):
-        r = random.Random(0)
-        for i in range(128):
-            blob = bytearray([r.randrange(0, 256) for j in range(1024)])
-            h = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
-            h.update(blob)
-            self.assertEqual(h.hexdigest(), ripemd.new(blob).hexdigest())