diff --git a/tests/unit/test_evaluate_pick_peaks_mad.py b/tests/unit/test_evaluate_pick_peaks_mad.py
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--- a/tests/unit/test_evaluate_pick_peaks_mad.py
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@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-
-import numpy as np
-
-from depiction.evaluate_pick_peaks import EvaluatePickPeaksMAD
-
-
-class TestEvaluatePickPeaksMAD(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_evaluate_sample(self) -> None:
-        # note: this unit test is not really ideal right now
-        n_points = 20
-        # deterministic noise
-        int_array = np.sin(np.array([0.1] * n_points)) * 0.2
-        int_array[5] = 2.5
-        int_array[11] = 3.5
-        # evaluate
-        result = EvaluatePickPeaksMAD().evaluate(int_array=int_array)
-        np.testing.assert_array_equal(np.array([5, 11]), result)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()