diff --git a/modules/test/test_validate.py b/modules/test/test_validate.py
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index e1f5421..0000000
--- a/modules/test/test_validate.py
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"""
-test_validate.py - tests for the validation module
-author: mutantmonkey <mutantmonkey@mutantmonkey.in>
-"""
-
-import re
-import unittest
-from mock import MagicMock, Mock
-from modules.validate import val
-
-
-class TestValidate(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.phenny = MagicMock()
-
-    def test_valid(self):
-        url = 'http://validator.w3.org/'
-        input = Mock(group=lambda x: url)
-        val(self.phenny, input)
-
-        self.phenny.reply.assert_called_once_with('{0} is Valid'.format(url))
-
-    def test_invalid(self):
-        url = 'http://microsoft.com/'
-        input = Mock(group=lambda x: url)
-        val(self.phenny, input)
-
-        out = self.phenny.reply.call_args[0][0]
-        m = re.match('^{0} is Invalid \(\d+ errors\)'.format(url),
-                out, flags=re.UNICODE)
-        self.assertTrue(m)
diff --git a/modules/validate.py b/modules/validate.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-validate.py - Phenny Validation Module
-Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
-Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
-
-http://inamidst.com/phenny/
-"""
-
-import web
-
-def val(phenny, input): 
-    """Check a webpage using the W3C Markup Validator."""
-    if not input.group(2):
-        return phenny.reply("Nothing to validate.")
-    uri = input.group(2)
-    if not uri.startswith('http://'): 
-        uri = 'http://' + uri
-
-    path = '/check?uri=%s;output=xml' % web.quote(uri)
-    info = web.head('https://validator.w3.org' + path)
-
-    result = uri + ' is '
-
-    if isinstance(info, list): 
-        return phenny.say('Got HTTP response %s' % info[1])
-
-    if 'X-W3C-Validator-Status' in info: 
-        result += str(info['X-W3C-Validator-Status'])
-        if info['X-W3C-Validator-Status'] != 'Valid': 
-            if 'X-W3C-Validator-Errors' in info: 
-                n = int(info['X-W3C-Validator-Errors'].split(' ')[0])
-                if n != 1: 
-                    result += ' (%s errors)' % n
-                else: result += ' (%s error)' % n
-    else: result += 'Unvalidatable: no X-W3C-Validator-Status'
-
-    phenny.reply(result)
-val.rule = (['val'], r'(?i)(\S+)')
-val.example = '.val http://www.w3.org/'
-
-if __name__ == '__main__': 
-    print(__doc__.strip())