diff --git a/test/skip.js b/test/skip.js
index 4e80ee96..820dd688 100644
--- a/test/skip.js
+++ b/test/skip.js
@@ -49,32 +49,4 @@ test('skip subtest', function(t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
-// un-commenting these 3 tests will make the other tests fail
-// scratched my head over this for hours...
-
-// test('do not skip this', { skip: false }, function(t) {
-//     t.pass('this should run');
-//     ran ++;
-//     t.end();
-// });
-
-// test('skip subtest', function(t) {
-//     ran ++;
-//     t.test('do not skip this', { skip: false }, function(t) {
-//         ran ++;
-//         t.pass('this should run');
-//         t.end();
-//     });
-//     t.test('skip this', { skip: true }, function(t) {
-//         t.fail('this should not even run');
-//         t.end();
-//     });
-//     t.end();
-// });
-
-// test('right number of tests ran', function(t) {
-//     t.equal(ran, 3, 'ran the right number of tests');
-//     t.end();
-// });
-
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