diff --git a/test/lib/validate.js b/test/lib/validate.js
index a70e1fc7..1c068887 100644
--- a/test/lib/validate.js
+++ b/test/lib/validate.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const test = require('tape');
-const root = '../../';
-const validate = require(root + 'lib/server/validate');
-
 const before = require('../before');
 
 test('validate: root: bad', (t) => {