diff --git a/tests/spelling.R b/tests/spelling.R
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index 6713838f..00000000
--- a/tests/spelling.R
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-if(requireNamespace('spelling', quietly = TRUE))
-  spelling::spell_check_test(vignettes = TRUE, error = FALSE,
-                             skip_on_cran = TRUE)