diff --git a/test/.cvsignore b/test/.cvsignore
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index 3f4d1f06e..000000000
--- a/test/.cvsignore
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.cvsignore
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-*.scc
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
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index 87daf1f15..000000000
--- a/test/Makefile.am
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-SOURCE_FILES = control.scm procedure.scm queens.scm
-COMPILED_FILES = control.scc procedure.scc queens.scc
-EXTRA_DIST = test.scm $(SOURCE_FILES)
-CLEANFILES = $(COMPILED_FILES)
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
-
-GUILE = $(top_srcdir)/src/$(PACKAGE)
-
-test: $(COMPILED_FILES)
-	@for file in $(COMPILED_FILES); do \
-	  $(GUILE) -s test.scm $$file; \
-	done
-
-SUFFIXES = .scm .scc
-.scm.scc:
-	guile-compile $<
diff --git a/test/control.scm b/test/control.scm
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index 2ae9ee78a..000000000
--- a/test/control.scm
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-
-(define income-tax
-  (lambda (income)
-    (cond
-     ((<= income 10000)
-      (* income .05))
-     ((<= income 20000)
-      (+ (* (- income 10000) .08)
-	 500.00))
-     ((<= income 30000)
-      (+ (* (- income 20000) .13)
-	 1300.00))
-     (else
-      (+ (* (- income 30000) .21)
-	 2600.00)))))
-
-(test (income-tax 5000) 250.0)
-(test (income-tax 15000) 900.0)
-(test (income-tax 25000) 1950.0)
-(test (income-tax 50000) 6800.0)
diff --git a/test/procedure.scm b/test/procedure.scm
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index 5a25e59a9..000000000
--- a/test/procedure.scm
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@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-(define length
-  (lambda (ls)
-    (if (null? ls)
-	0
-	(+ (length (cdr ls)) 1))))
-
-(test (length '()) 0)
-(test (length '(a)) 1)
-(test (length '(a b)) 2)
-
-(define remv
-  (lambda (x ls)
-    (cond
-     ((null? ls) '())
-     ((eqv? (car ls) x) (remv x (cdr ls)))
-     (else (cons (car ls) (remv x (cdr ls)))))))
-
-(test (remv 'a '(a b b d)) '(b b d))
-(test (remv 'b '(a b b d)) '(a d))
-(test (remv 'c '(a b b d)) '(a b b d))
-(test (remv 'd '(a b b d)) '(a b b))
-
-(define tree-copy
-  (lambda (tr)
-    (if (not (pair? tr))
-	tr
-	(cons (tree-copy (car tr))
-	      (tree-copy (cdr tr))))))
-
-(test (tree-copy '((a . b) . c)) '((a . b) . c))
-
-(define quadratic-formula
-  (lambda (a b c)
-    (let ((root1 0) (root2 0) (minusb 0) (radical 0) (divisor 0))
-      (set! minusb (- 0 b))
-      (set! radical (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c)))))
-      (set! divisor (* 2 a))
-      (set! root1 (/ (+ minusb radical) divisor))
-      (set! root2 (/ (- minusb radical) divisor))
-      (cons root1 root2))))
-
-(test (quadratic-formula 2 -4 -6) '(3.0 . -1.0))
-
-(define count
-  (let ((n 0))
-    (lambda ()
-      (set! n (1+ n))
-      n)))
-
-(test (count) 1)
-(test (count) 2)
-
-(define (fibonacci i)
-  (cond ((= i 0) 0)
-	((= i 1) 1)
-	(else (+ (fibonacci (- i 1)) (fibonacci (- i 2))))))
-
-(test (fibonacci 0) 0)
-(test (fibonacci 5) 5)
-(test (fibonacci 10) 55)
diff --git a/test/queens.scm b/test/queens.scm
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index 66e8f0ce7..000000000
--- a/test/queens.scm
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-(define (filter predicate sequence)
-  (cond ((null? sequence) '())
-        ((predicate (car sequence))
-         (cons (car sequence)
-               (filter predicate (cdr sequence))))
-        (else (filter predicate (cdr sequence)))))
-
-(define (accumulate op initial sequence)
-  (if (null? sequence)
-      initial
-      (op (car sequence)
-          (accumulate op initial (cdr sequence)))))
-
-(define (flatmap proc seq)
-  (accumulate append '() (map proc seq)))
-
-(define (enumerate-interval low high)
-  (if (> low high)
-      '()
-      (cons low (enumerate-interval (+ low 1) high))))
-
-(define empty-board '())
-
-(define (rest bs k rest-of-queens)
-  (map (lambda (new-row)
-	 (adjoin-position new-row k rest-of-queens))
-       (enumerate-interval 1 bs)))
-
-(define (queen-cols board-size k)
-    (if (= k 0)
-        (list empty-board)
-        (filter (lambda (positions) (safe? k positions))
-		(flatmap (lambda (r) (rest board-size k r))
-			 (queen-cols board-size (- k 1))))))
-
-(define (queens board-size)
-  (queen-cols board-size board-size))
-
-(define (adjoin-position new-row k rest-of-queens)
-  (append rest-of-queens (list new-row)))
-
-(define (safe? k positions)
-  (let ((new  (car (last-pair positions)))
-	(bottom (car positions)))
-    (cond ((= k 1) #t)
-	  ((= new bottom) #f)
-	  ((or (= new (- bottom (- k 1))) (= new (+ bottom (- k 1)))) #f)
-	  (else (safe? (- k 1) (cdr positions))))))
-
-(test (queens 4) '((2 4 1 3) (3 1 4 2)))
diff --git a/test/test.scm b/test/test.scm
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-
-(set! %load-path (cons ".." %load-path))
-(use-modules (vm vm))
-
-(define (test a b)
-  (if (equal? a b)
-      (display "OK\n")
-      (display "failed\n")))
-
-(let ((file (cadr (command-line))))
-  (format #t "Testing ~S...\n" file)
-  (load file))