diff --git a/test/localization-legacy/check_duplicate_strings.js b/test/localization-legacy/check_duplicate_strings.js
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--- a/test/localization-legacy/check_duplicate_strings.js
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@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Check that there are no duplicate strings in any individual l10n json file.
- */
-var path = require('path');
-var fs = require('fs');
-var tap = require('tap');
-
-var routes = require('../../src/routes.json');
-
-const noDuplicateValues = (idsToCheck, name) => {
-    let values = {};
-    for (const key in idsToCheck) {
-        if (values.hasOwnProperty(idsToCheck[key])) {
-            // duplicate values
-            // return false;
-            tap.fail(`${name}.${idsToCheck[key]} has duplicates`);
-        } else {
-            values[idsToCheck[key]] = key;
-        }
-    }
-    tap.pass();
-    // return true;
-};
-
-tap.test('generalCheckForDuplicates', function (t) {
-    const ids = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../src/l10n.json')); // eslint-disable-line global-require
-    noDuplicateValues(ids, 'general');
-    t.end();
-});
-
-for (var v in routes) {
-    if (typeof routes[v].redirect !== 'undefined') {
-        continue;
-    }
-    var subdir = routes[v].view.split('/');
-    subdir.pop();
-    var name = routes[v].name;
-    var uri = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../src/views/' + subdir.join('/') + '/l10n.json');
-    try {
-        var file = fs.readFileSync(uri, 'utf8');
-        var ids = JSON.parse(file);
-        tap.test(name + 'CheckForDuplicates', function (t) { // eslint-disable-line no-loop-func
-            noDuplicateValues(ids, name);
-            t.end();
-        });
-    } catch (err) {
-        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
-            // ignore if ENOENT for routes with no l10n file, throw error for anything else
-            throw err;
-        }
-    }
-}