diff --git a/client/rpc/src/smoke-test/kotlin/net/corda/kotlin/rpc/ValidateClasspathTest.kt b/client/rpc/src/smoke-test/kotlin/net/corda/kotlin/rpc/ValidateClasspathTest.kt
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-package net.corda.kotlin.rpc
-
-import net.corda.core.internal.div
-import org.junit.Test
-import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-import kotlin.test.assertFalse
-import kotlin.test.assertTrue
-
-class ValidateClasspathTest {
-    @Test
-    fun `node not on classpath`() {
-        val paths = System.getProperty("java.class.path").split(File.pathSeparatorChar).map { Paths.get(it) }
-        // First find core so that if node is there, it's in the form we expect:
-        assertFalse(paths.filter { it.contains("core" / "build") }.isEmpty())
-        assertTrue(paths.filter { it.contains("node" / "build") }.isEmpty())
-    }
-}
-
-private fun Path.contains(that: Path): Boolean {
-    val size = that.nameCount
-    (0..nameCount - size).forEach {
-        if (subpath(it, it + size) == that) return true
-    }
-    return false
-}