Remove now-unused CoverageGoldTest class

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/doc/contributing.rst b/doc/contributing.rst
index 24a2636d..90d73097 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/contributing.rst
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ these as 1 to use them:
 - COVEGE_AST_DUMP will dump the AST tree as it is being used during code
   parsing.
 
-- COVERAGE_KEEP_OUTPUT will save the output files that were generated by the
-  gold-file tests, ones that compare output files to saved gold files.
-
 - COVERAGE_KEEP_TMP keeps the temporary directories in which tests are run.
   This makes debugging tests easier. The temporary directories are at
   ``$TMPDIR/coverage_test/*``, and are named for the test that made them.
diff --git a/tests/goldtest.py b/tests/goldtest.py
index af471a14..48842f0c 100644
--- a/tests/goldtest.py
+++ b/tests/goldtest.py
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 """A test base class for tests based on gold file comparison."""
 
 import os
-import sys
 
 from unittest_mixins import change_dir    # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
-from tests.coveragetest import CoverageTest, TESTS_DIR
-from tests.test_farm import clean
+from tests.coveragetest import TESTS_DIR
 # Import helpers, eventually test_farm.py will go away.
 from tests.test_farm import (       # pylint: disable=unused-import
     compare, contains, doesnt_contain, contains_any,
@@ -18,29 +16,3 @@ from tests.test_farm import (       # pylint: disable=unused-import
 def gold_path(path):
     """Get a path to a gold file for comparison."""
     return os.path.join(TESTS_DIR, "farm", path)
-
-
-class CoverageGoldTest(CoverageTest):
-    """A test based on gold files."""
-
-    run_in_temp_dir = False
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(CoverageGoldTest, self).setUp()
-        self.chdir(self.root_dir)
-        # Modules should be importable from the current directory.
-        sys.path.insert(0, '')
-
-    def output_dir(self, the_dir):
-        """Declare where the output directory is.
-
-        The output directory is deleted at the end of the test, unless the
-        COVERAGE_KEEP_OUTPUT environment variable is set.
-
-        """
-        # To make sure tests are isolated, we always clean the directory at the
-        # beginning of the test.
-        clean(the_dir)
-
-        if not os.environ.get("COVERAGE_KEEP_OUTPUT"):      # pragma: part covered
-            self.addCleanup(clean, the_dir)