diff --git a/test/functional/fixtures/publish.json b/test/functional/fixtures/publish.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c1e70840b..000000000
--- a/test/functional/fixtures/publish.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ _id: "__NAME__",
-  name: "__NAME__",
-  description: "",
-  "dist-tags": { latest: "__VERSION__" },
-  versions:
-   { "__VERSION__":
-      { name: "__NAME__",
-        version: "__VERSION__",
-        description: "",
-        main: "index.js",
-        scripts: { test: "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1" },
-        author: "",
-        license: "ISC",
-        readme: "ERROR: No README data found!",
-        _id: "__NAME__@__VERSION__",
-        dist:
-         { shasum: "071c8dd9fd775bf3ebc0d5108431110f5f857ce3",
-           tarball: "http://localhost:4873/__NAME__/-/__NAME__-__VERSION__.tgz" },
-        _from: ".",
-        _npmVersion: "1.3.21",
-        _npmUser: { name: "username", email: "user@domain.com" },
-        maintainers: [ { name: "username", email: "user@domain.com" } ] } },
-  readme: "ERROR: No README data found!",
-  maintainers: [ { name: "username", email: "user@domain.com" } ],
-  _attachments:
-   { "__NAME__-__VERSION__.tgz":
-      { content_type: "application/octet-stream",
-        data: "H4sIAAAAAAAAA+2SP2vDMBDFPftTHDdkah3Zim3IGjJ0zppFyNdE+SMJSSmBkO8eWS6mQ7cGSsC/5cG9p7uTkBXyKHY0t4MWB2909mQYY81iAVHLtmY/NcGrCrKyquq25Q1vm4yVnPEm+s9e5DcuPggXV/lrn+EuMOqLcMsBUIsz4RIwkA/v9rjDt1iN4Bc5r4zuPVawok4GduSlUzZ8O2P6LFQqKN3RNf6kIT1kfTRuKZem9DGSewNbXDtn3BK0gd4Ab0mqT0XdFmE2A7qqACXGk/fUTVzC3rhxLJ6UJO3T9h+bFeb3/L9fdGJiYuI1eACk8AYWAAgAAA==",
-        length: 250 } } }