diff --git a/terminatorlib/tests.py b/terminatorlib/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c05dce..00000000
--- a/terminatorlib/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-"""Terminator test suite. This uses the nosetest testing framework. See http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/"""
-
-def test_version():
-  import version
-
-  assert version.APP_NAME == 'terminator'
-
-def test_debug ():
-  from config import debug
-
-  assert debug == False
-
-class test_encodings(object):
-  encoding = None
-
-  def setup (self):
-    import gettext
-    gettext.install ('test')
-    import encoding
-    self.encoding = encoding.TerminatorEncoding
-
-  def test_length (self):
-    assert len (self.encoding.encodings) == 74
-
-  def test_get_list (self):
-    assert self.encoding.get_list () == self.encoding.encodings
-
-class test_config(object):
-  config = None
-
-  def setup (self):
-    import config
-    self.config = config
-
-  def test_defaults_lengths (self):
-    assert len(self.config.Defaults) > 1
-    assert len(self.config.Defaults['keybindings']) > 1
-
-  def test_TerminatorConfValuestore (self):
-    store = self.config.TerminatorConfValuestore ()
-    assert store.type == "Base"
-    store.values['test_key'] = 'test_value'
-    assert store['test_key'] == 'test_value'
-
-  def test_TerminatorConfValuestoreDefault (self):
-    store = self.config.TerminatorConfValuestoreDefault ()
-    assert store.type == "Default"
-    assert store['extreme_tabs'] == False
-    assert store['titletips'] == False
-    assert store['enable_real_transparency'] == False # until the bug is fixed
-
-class test_configfile(object):
-  configfile = None
-
-  def setup (self):
-    import configfile
-    self.configfile = configfile
-
-  def test_ConfigSyntaxError (self):
-    class _testcf (object):
-      errors_are_fatal = False
-      filename = 'test_filename'
-      _lnum = 123456789
-      _pos = 5
-      _line = ' test line '
-
-    testcf = _testcf ()
-    testobject = self.configfile.ConfigSyntaxError ('test_message', testcf)
-    assert str(testobject) == ''' * test_message, line 123456789:
-     test line
-    -----^
-'''
-