diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_load_spiders.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_load_spiders.py
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index 6e0fa726d..000000000
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_load_spiders.py
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from unittest import TestCase, main
-from scrapy.spider import spiders
-
-class ScrapySpidersTest(TestCase):
-    def test_load_spiders(self):
-        """ Simple test that forces to load the spiders
-        checks for syntax errors that block the whole framework
-        """
-        spiders.asdict()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
-