diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedDataUnitTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/ReferenceOrderedDataUnitTest.java
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-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata;
-
-import org.testng.Assert;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
-
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author aaron 
- * 
- * Class ReferenceOrderedDataUnitTest
- *
- * some functionality to test parts of the reference ordered data system that I've added.  This is by NO MEANS
- * a complete test suite, but additions would be extremely welcome
- */
-public class ReferenceOrderedDataUnitTest extends BaseTest {
-    @Test
-    public void extractRodsFromFileTest() {
-        String file = validationDataLocation + "testRODFileImpl.csv";
-        List<String> lst = new ArrayList<String>();
-        ReferenceOrderedData.extractRodsFromFile(lst,file);
-        Assert.assertEquals(lst.size(), 6);
-        int index = 0;
-        for (String entry: lst) {
-            String first = entry.subSequence(0,entry.indexOf(",")).toString();            
-            Assert.assertTrue(first.equals("rod" + String.valueOf(++index)));
-        }
-    }
-    @Test
-    public void extractRodsFromMultiFileTest() {
-        String file = validationDataLocation + "testRODFileImpl.csv";
-        String file2 = validationDataLocation + "testRODFileImpl2.csv";
-        List<String> lst = new ArrayList<String>();
-        ReferenceOrderedData.extractRodsFromFile(lst,file);
-        ReferenceOrderedData.extractRodsFromFile(lst,file2);
-        Assert.assertEquals(lst.size(), 12);
-        int index = 0;
-        for (String entry: lst) {
-            String first = entry.subSequence(0,entry.indexOf(",")).toString();
-            Assert.assertTrue(first.equals("rod" + String.valueOf(++index)));
-        }
-    }
-}