diff --git a/test/logLevelFilter-test.js b/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
index 7eef8cd..cbc64ab 100644
--- a/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
+++ b/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
@@ -117,71 +117,3 @@ describe('log level filter', function() {
     }).should.throw(/Unrecognised log level 'cheese'\./);
   });
 });
-
-/*
-vows.describe('log4js logLevelFilter').addBatch({
-  'appender': {
-    topic: function() {
-      var log4js = require('../lib/log4js'), logEvents = [], logger;
-      log4js.clearAppenders();
-      log4js.addAppender(
-        require('../lib/appenders/logLevelFilter')
-          .appender(
-            'ERROR', 
-            function(evt) { logEvents.push(evt); }
-          ), 
-        "logLevelTest"
-      );
-      
-      logger = log4js.getLogger("logLevelTest");
-      logger.debug('this should not trigger an event');
-      logger.warn('neither should this');
-      logger.error('this should, though');
-      logger.fatal('so should this');
-      return logEvents;
-    },
-    'should only pass log events greater than or equal to its own level' : function(logEvents) {
-      assert.equal(logEvents.length, 2);
-      assert.equal(logEvents[0].data[0], 'this should, though');
-      assert.equal(logEvents[1].data[0], 'so should this');
-    }
-  },
-
-  'configure': {
-    topic: function() {
-      var log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
-      , logger;
-      
-      remove(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter.log');
-      remove(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter-warnings.log');
-      
-      log4js.configure('test/with-logLevelFilter.json');
-      logger = log4js.getLogger("tests");
-      logger.info('main');
-      logger.error('both');
-      logger.warn('both');
-      logger.debug('main');
-      //wait for the file system to catch up
-      setTimeout(this.callback, 100);
-    },
-    'tmp-tests.log': {
-      topic: function() {
-        fs.readFile(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter.log', 'utf8', this.callback);
-      },
-      'should contain all log messages': function(contents) {
-        var messages = contents.trim().split('\n');
-        assert.deepEqual(messages, ['main','both','both','main']);
-      }
-    },
-    'tmp-tests-warnings.log': {
-      topic: function() {
-        fs.readFile(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter-warnings.log','utf8',this.callback);
-      },
-      'should contain only error and warning log messages': function(contents) {
-        var messages = contents.trim().split('\n');
-        assert.deepEqual(messages, ['both','both']);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}).export(module);
-*/