diff --git a/tests/xmlcompare.py b/tests/xmlcompare.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d97af971..00000000
--- a/tests/xmlcompare.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
-
-def comparemany(xmls):
-    xml1 = xmls[0]
-    if type(xml1) == type(''):
-        xml1 = ET.fromstring(xml1)
-    for xml in xmls[1:]:
-        xml2 = xml
-        if type(xml2) == type(''):
-            xml2 = ET.fromstring(xml2)
-        if not compare(xml1, xml2): return False
-    return True
-
-def compare(xml1, xml2):
-    if xml1.tag != xml2.tag:
-        return False
-    if xml1.attrib != xml2.attrib:
-        return False
-    for child in xml1:
-        child2s = xml2.findall("%s" % child.tag)
-        if child2s is None:
-            return False
-        found = False
-        for child2 in child2s:
-            found = compare(child, child2)
-            if found: break
-        if not found: return False
-    return True