diff --git a/app/helpers/test_helper.rb b/app/helpers/test_helper.rb
--- a/app/helpers/test_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,2 @@
 module TestHelper
-
-  def read_textfile(fname,max_size=2048)
-    begin
-      File.open(fname).read(max_size)
-    rescue
-      nil
-    end
-  end
-
 end