diff --git a/tests/runtest.sh b/tests/runtest.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 65ac483..0000000
--- a/tests/runtest.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-for dir in annotations annotationsDerived; do
-    for xml in /usr/share/unicode/cldr/common/$dir/*.xml; do
-        echo xmllint --noout --valid --postvalid $xml
-        xmllint --noout --valid --postvalid $xml
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            echo "ERROR"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    done
-done
-
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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index 3b0cccf..0000000
--- a/tests/tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-- hosts: localhost
-  vars:
-  - artifacts: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_ARTIFACTS')|default('./artifacts', true) }}"
-  tags:
-  - classic
-  remote_user: root
-  roles:
-  - role: standard-test-basic
-    required_packages:
-    - cldr-emoji-annotation
-    - libxml2
-    tests:
-    - runtest:
-        dir: .
-        run: ./runtest.sh
-