diff --git a/test/example.test.ts b/test/example.test.ts
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index 9fce538bac..0000000000
--- a/test/example.test.ts
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@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import {compile} from '../src';
-import {spec} from '../test-runtime/util';
-
-test('example test', () => {
-  const s = spec(
-    'unit',
-    1,
-    {type: 'interval', encodings: ['y']},
-    {
-      x: {aggregate: 'count', type: 'quantitative'},
-      y: {bin: true},
-      color: {value: 'steelblue'}
-    }
-  );
-  expect(s).toBeDefined();
-
-  console.log(JSON.stringify(s));
-
-  const vg = compile(s).spec;
-
-  expect(vg).toBeDefined();
-});