diff --git a/test/cat.js b/test/cat.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f6aa6182e..0000000000
--- a/test/cat.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-var filename = ARGV[2];
-File.cat(filename, function (status, content) {
-  if (status == 0) 
-    puts(content);
-  else
-    puts("error");
-});
-puts("hello world");
diff --git a/test/common.rb b/test/common.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 895f2c0e2c..0000000000
--- a/test/common.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-require 'tempfile'
-
-$node = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../node")
-$tf = Tempfile.open("node")
-$tf.puts(DATA.read)
-$tf.close
-
-def assert(x, msg = "")
-  raise(msg) unless x
-end
-
-def assert_equal(x, y, msg = "")
-  raise("expected #{x.inspect} == #{y.inspect}. #{msg}") unless x == y
-end
-
-def assert_less_than(x, y, msg = "")
-  raise("expected #{x.inspect} < #{y.inspect}. #{msg}") unless x < y
-end
-
-def wait_for_server(host, port)
-  loop do
-    begin
-      socket = ::TCPSocket.open(host, port)
-      return
-    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
-      $stderr.print "." if $DEBUG
-      $stderr.flush
-      sleep 0.2
-    ensure
-      socket.close
-    end
-  end
-end
-
diff --git a/test/simple.js b/test/simple.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b1da2bf1fa..0000000000
--- a/test/simple.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-var f = new File;
-
-f.open("/tmp/world", "w+", function (status) {
-  if (status == 0) {
-    stdout.puts("file open");
-    f.write("hello world\n");
-    f.write("something else.\n", function () {
-      stdout.puts("written. ");
-    });
-    f.read(100, function (status, buf) {
-      if (buf)
-        stdout.puts("read: >>" + buf.encodeUtf8() + "<<");
-    });
-  } else {
-    stdout.puts("file open failed: " + status.toString());
-  }
-
-  f.close(function (status) { 
-    stdout.puts("closed: " + status.toString());
-    File.rename("/tmp/world", "/tmp/hello", function (status) {
-      stdout.puts("rename: " + status.toString());
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/stats.js b/test/stats.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 157a2d029d..0000000000
--- a/test/stats.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-File.stat(ARGV[2], function (status, stats) {
-    if (status == 0) {
-      for (var i in stats) {
-        puts(i + " : " + stats[i]);
-      }
-    } else { 
-      puts("error: " + File.strerror(status));
-    }
-});
-
-File.exists(ARGV[2], function (r) {
-  puts("file exists: " + r);
-});
-
-
diff --git a/test/test_clearTimeout.rb b/test/test_clearTimeout.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index ed839abb02..0000000000
--- a/test/test_clearTimeout.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
-
-a = Time.now
-out = `#{$node} #{$tf.path}`
-b = Time.now
-assert_equal("hello\nworld\n", out)
-assert_less_than(b - a, 1) # startup time
-
-__END__
-log("hello");
-timeout1 = setTimeout(function () { log("world"); }, 500);
-timeout2 = setTimeout(function () { log("ryah"); }, 5000);
-clearTimeout(timeout2)
diff --git a/test/test_http_server_echo.rb b/test/test_http_server_echo.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index e1d85850b5..0000000000
--- a/test/test_http_server_echo.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require 'net/http'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
-
-pid = fork do
-  exec($node, $tf.path)
-end
-
-begin 
-  wait_for_server("localhost", 8000)
-  connection = Net::HTTP.new("localhost", 8000)
-
-  response, body = connection.get("/")
-  assert_equal(response.code, "200")
-  assert(response.chunked?)
-  assert_equal(body, "\n")
-  assert_equal(response.content_type, "text/plain")
-
-  response, body = connection.post("/", "hello world")
-  assert_equal(response.code, "200")
-  assert(response.chunked?)
-  assert_equal(body, "hello world\n")
-  assert_equal(response.content_type, "text/plain")
-ensure
-  `kill -9 #{pid}`
-end
-
-__END__
-function encode(data) { 
-  var chunk = data.toString();
-  return chunk.length.toString(16) + "\r\n" + chunk + "\r\n";
-}
-
-var port = 8000;
-var server = new HTTPServer(null, port, function (request) {
-
-  // onBody sends null on the last chunk.
-  request.onbody = function (chunk) {
-    if(chunk) { 
-      this.respond(encode(chunk));
-    } else {
-      this.respond(encode("\n"));
-      this.respond("0\r\n\r\n");
-      this.respond(null); // signals end-of-request
-    }
-  }
-  request.respond("HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n");
-  request.respond("Content-Type: text/plain\r\n");
-  request.respond("Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n");
-  request.respond("\r\n");
-});
-
-log("Running at http://localhost:" + port + "/");
diff --git a/test/test_http_server_null_response.rb b/test/test_http_server_null_response.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 5bdc01c52f..0000000000
--- a/test/test_http_server_null_response.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require 'net/http'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
-
-pid = fork do
-  exec($node, $tf.path)
-end
-
-begin 
-  wait_for_server("localhost", 8000)
-  connection = Net::HTTP.new("localhost", 8000)
-
-  response, body = connection.get("/")
-ensure
-  `kill -9 #{pid}`
-end
-
-__END__
-var server = new HTTPServer(null, 8000, function (request) {
-  log("request");
-  request.respond("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n");
-  request.respond("Content-Length: 0\r\n");
-  request.respond("\r\n");
-  request.respond(null);
-});
diff --git a/test/test_setTimeout.rb b/test/test_setTimeout.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a0b0f08ea..0000000000
--- a/test/test_setTimeout.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
-
-prog = IO.popen("#{$node} #{$tf.path}")
-a = Time.now
-assert_equal("hello\n", prog.readpartial(100))
-b = Time.now
-assert_equal("world\n", prog.read(100))
-c = Time.now
-
-assert_less_than(b - a, 0.5) # startup time
-assert_less_than(1.5, c - b)
-
-__END__
-log("hello");
-setTimeout(function () { log("world"); }, 1500);