diff --git a/test/misc/exit.spec.js b/test/misc/exit.spec.js
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index 916752f9b1..0000000000
--- a/test/misc/exit.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-describe('exit', function () {
-  // note --bail works nicely in that it still allows an 'early exit' in an error scenario
-  it('should not exit even in error scenario if called with --no-exit', function (done) {
-    done(new Error('failure'));
-  });
-
-  it('should take a long time to exit if called with --no-exit', function (done) {
-    done();
-    setTimeout(function () {
-      console.log('all done');
-    }, 2500);
-  });
-
-  it('should kill all processes when SIGINT received', function () {
-    // uncomment to test
-    // while (true) {}
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/misc/many.spec.js b/test/misc/many.spec.js
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index d2297767dd..0000000000
--- a/test/misc/many.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-// Useful for testing SIGINT handler
-// use env.big_number to tune iterations so that you have time to ctrl+c
-
-describe('a load of tests', function () {
-  it('should fail the first test', function () {
-    throw new Error('this should appear in the summary');
-  });
-
-  var iterations = (process.env.big_number || 1e7);
-  function work () {
-    var a = 0;
-    for (var i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
-      a += i;
-    }
-    return a;
-  }
-
-  function addTest () {
-    it('should pass test ' + i, function () {
-      work();
-    });
-  }
-
-  for (var i = 0; i < 500; ++i) {
-    addTest();
-  }
-});
diff --git a/test/misc/nontty.spec.js b/test/misc/nontty.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ea57b9733f..0000000000
--- a/test/misc/nontty.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-describe('tests for non-tty', function () {
-  it('should pass', function () {
-
-  });
-
-  it('should fail', function () {
-    throw new Error('oh noes');
-  });
-});