diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query.rb
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--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query.rb
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-test_name "should query hosts out of a hosts file"
-
-agents.each do |agent|
-  file = agent.tmpfile('host-query')
-
-  step "set up the system for the test"
-  on agent, "printf '127.0.0.1 localhost.local localhost\n' > #{file}"
-
-  step "fetch the list of hosts from puppet"
-  on(agent, puppet_resource('host', 'localhost', "target=#{file}")) do
-    found = stdout.scan('present').length
-    fail_test "found #{found} hosts, not 1" if found != 1
-  end
-
-  step "clean up the system"
-  on agent, "rm -f #{file}"
-end