diff --git a/python/ext-libs/tests/utils.py b/python/ext-libs/tests/utils.py
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index 350a9f3f83d..00000000000
--- a/python/ext-libs/tests/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from owslib.etree import etree
-
-def resource_file(filepath):
-    return os.path.join(test_directory(), 'resources', filepath)
-
-def test_directory():
-    """Helper function to return path to the tests directory"""
-    return os.path.dirname(__file__)
-
-def scratch_directory():
-    """Helper function to return path to the tests scratch directory"""
-    return os.path.join(test_directory(), 'scratch')
-
-def scratch_file(filename):
-    """Helper function to return file path in the tests scratch directory"""
-    return os.path.join(scratch_directory(), filename)
-
-def compare_xml(a,b):
-    if not isinstance(a, etree._Element):
-        a = etree.fromstring(a)
-    if not isinstance(b, etree._Element):
-        b = etree.fromstring(b)
-
-    return compare_elements(a,b)
-
-def compare_elements(a,b):
-    # Tag
-    if a.tag != b.tag:
-        return False
-    # Value
-    if a.text != b.text:
-        return False
-    # Attributes
-    if sorted(a.items()) != sorted(b.items()):
-        return False
-    # Children
-    if len(list(a)) != len(list(b)):
-        return False
-    # Recurse
-    for ac, bc in zip(list(a), list(b)):
-        if not compare_elements(ac, bc):
-            return False
-
-    return True
-
-def cast_tuple_int_list(tup):
-    """Set tuple float values to int for more predictable test results"""
-    return [int(a) for a in tup]
-
-def cast_tuple_int_list_srs(tup):
-    tup2 = cast_tuple_int_list(tup[:4])
-    tup2.append(tup[-1])
-    return tup2