diff -r 058bb3dc685f -r 0b59724cb3f2 devtools/test/unittest_i18n.py
--- a/devtools/test/unittest_i18n.py	Mon Jan 04 18:40:30 2016 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
-# copyright 2003-2013 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
-# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
-#
-# This file is part of CubicWeb.
-#
-# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
-# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-#
-# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
-# details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
-# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""unit tests for i18n messages generator"""
-
-import os, os.path as osp
-import sys
-import subprocess
-
-from unittest import TestCase, main
-
-from cubicweb.cwconfig import CubicWebNoAppConfiguration
-
-DATADIR = osp.join(osp.abspath(osp.dirname(__file__)), 'data')
-
-def load_po(fname):
-    """load a po file and  return a set of encountered (msgid, msgctx)"""
-    msgs = set()
-    msgid = msgctxt = None
-    with open(fname) as fobj:
-        for line in fobj:
-            if line.strip() in ('', '#'):
-                continue
-            if line.startswith('msgstr'):
-                assert not (msgid, msgctxt) in msgs
-                msgs.add( (msgid, msgctxt) )
-                msgid = msgctxt = None
-            elif line.startswith('msgid'):
-                msgid = line.split(' ', 1)[1][1:-1]
-            elif line.startswith('msgctx'):
-                msgctxt = line.split(' ', 1)[1][1: -1]
-            elif msgid is not None:
-                msgid += line[1:-1]
-            elif msgctxt is not None:
-                msgctxt += line[1:-1]
-    return msgs
-
-
-class cubePotGeneratorTC(TestCase):
-    """test case for i18n pot file generator"""
-
-    def test_i18ncube(self):
-        env = os.environ.copy()
-        env['CW_CUBES_PATH'] = osp.join(DATADIR, 'cubes')
-        if 'PYTHONPATH' in env:
-            env['PYTHONPATH'] += os.pathsep
-        else:
-            env['PYTHONPATH'] = ''
-        env['PYTHONPATH'] += DATADIR
-        cwctl = osp.abspath(osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), '../../bin/cubicweb-ctl'))
-        with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
-            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, cwctl, 'i18ncube', 'i18ntestcube'],
-                                  env=env, stdout=devnull)
-        cube = osp.join(DATADIR, 'cubes', 'i18ntestcube')
-        msgs = load_po(osp.join(cube, 'i18n', 'en.po.ref'))
-        newmsgs = load_po(osp.join(cube, 'i18n', 'en.po'))
-        self.assertEqual(msgs, newmsgs)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()