diff --git a/GPy/testing/__init__.py b/GPy/testing/__init__.py
index abad1fa3..e69de29b 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2014, Max Zwiessele, GPy Authors
-# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
-import unittest
-import sys
-
-def deepTest(reason):
-    if reason:
-        return lambda x:x
-    return unittest.skip("Not deep scanning, enable deepscan by adding 'deep' argument to unittest call")