diff --git a/cuesonnet_test.go b/cuesonnet_test.go
index e867a77ca895f2f6e81a97c2e76e5bb86b7df6e3..f645e5e0a14a69db43e7c6781c905d5a6c22d0c2 100644
--- a/cuesonnet_test.go
+++ b/cuesonnet_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ 	//go:embed testdata/almost-fixed.jsonnet
 	almostFixed string
 	//go:embed testdata/fixed.jsonnet
 	fixed string
-	//go:embed testdata/kitchen.jsonnet
-	kitchen string
 )
 
 type Schema struct {
@@ -54,13 +52,6 @@ 			}
 		}
 	})
 
-	expect := Schema{
-		FirstName: "Jim",
-		LastName:  "Jimbly",
-		Age:       45,
-		Birthday:  "01/02/2003",
-		Gopher:    true,
-	}
 	t.Run("fixed", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		var s Schema
@@ -68,17 +59,12 @@ 		if err := schema.Decode(strings.NewReader(fixed), &s); err != nil {
 			t.Logf("fixed config should not fail to decode: %v", err)
 			t.Fail()
 		}
-		if s != expect {
-			t.Logf("did not get expected decoding: %+v != %+v", s, expect)
-			t.Fail()
-		}
-	})
-	t.Run("kitchen", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
-		var s Schema
-		if err := schema.Decode(strings.NewReader(kitchen), &s); err != nil {
-			t.Logf("kitchen config should not fail to decode: %v", err)
-			t.Fail()
+		expect := Schema{
+			FirstName: "Jim",
+			LastName:  "Jimbly",
+			Age:       45,
+			Birthday:  "01/02/2003",
+			Gopher:    true,
 		}
 		if s != expect {
 			t.Logf("did not get expected decoding: %+v != %+v", s, expect)
diff --git a/testdata/kitchen.jsonnet b/testdata/kitchen.jsonnet
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c3c28d64873946900b6fd0062d44ee11c2bb90..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testdata/kitchen.jsonnet
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-local name = 'Jim';
-local age = 45;
-
-local userData = function(name, age) {
-  firstName: name,
-  lastName: name + 'bly',
-  age: age,
-  birthday: '01/02/2003',
-};
-
-userData(name, age)