diff --git a/marconi/tests/test_simple.py b/marconi/tests/test_simple.py
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-# Copyright 2013 Rackspace, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-import marconi
-from marconi.tests import util as testing
-
-
-class TestSimple(testing.TestBase):
-
-    def test_simple(self):
-        """Doesn't really test much."""
-        conf_file = self.conf_path('wsgi_reference.conf')
-        boot = marconi.Bootstrap(conf_file)
-        transport = boot.transport
-        wsgi_app = transport.app  # NOQA
-        self.assertTrue(True)