diff --git a/feed_test.go b/feed_test.go
index c069660..fad7b7f 100644
--- a/feed_test.go
+++ b/feed_test.go
@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 var items []*Item
 
-func Test_NewItem(t *testing.T) {
-	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial.atom")
-	feed := New(1, true, chanHandler, itemHandler)
-	err := feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
-	if err != nil { t.Error(err) }
-
-	content, _ = ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom")
-	feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
-	expected := "Second title"
-	if expected != items[0].Title {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expected, items[0].Title)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestFeed(t *testing.T) {
 	urilist := []string{
 		//"http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/examples/sampleRss091.xml", // Non-utf8 encoding.