diff --git a/test/simple/test-eio-limit.js b/test/simple/test-eio-limit.js
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-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert'),
-    zlib = require('zlib'),
-    started = 0,
-    done = 0;
-
-function repeat(fn) {
-  if (started != 0) {
-    assert.ok(started - done < 200);
-  }
-
-  process.nextTick(function() {
-    fn();
-    repeat(fn);
-  });
-}
-
-repeat(function() {
-  if (started > 1000) return process.exit(0);
-
-  for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
-    started++;
-    var deflate = zlib.createDeflate();
-    deflate.write('123');
-    deflate.flush(function() {
-      done++;
-    });
-  }
-});