diff --git a/tests/utilities.py b/tests/utilities.py
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--- a/tests/utilities.py
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-"""
-Assorted utilities useful for the tests.
-"""
-
-import os
-import contextlib
-
-try:
-    import urllib.request as urllib_request  # for python 3
-except ImportError:
-    import urllib2 as urllib_request  # for python 2
-
-import pytest
-import glob
-
-from .get_remote_data import get_datafile
-
-
-def get_test_file_dir():
-    """
-    returns the test file dir path
-    """
-    test_file_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test_data')
-    return test_file_dir
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