refactor: no need for specialized assert_starts_with method

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_testing.py b/tests/test_testing.py
index f5d9f942..1e30fa2f 100644
--- a/tests/test_testing.py
+++ b/tests/test_testing.py
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ class CoverageTestTest(CoverageTest):
         with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
             self.assert_file_count("*.q", 10)
 
-    def test_assert_startwith(self):
-        self.assert_starts_with("xyzzy", "xy")
-        self.assert_starts_with("xyz\nabc", "xy")
-        self.assert_starts_with("xyzzy", ("x", "z"))
-        msg = re.escape("'xyz' doesn't start with 'a'")
-        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
-            self.assert_starts_with("xyz", "a")
-        msg = re.escape("'xyz\\nabc' doesn't start with 'a'")
-        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
-            self.assert_starts_with("xyz\nabc", "a")
-
     def test_assert_recent_datetime(self):
         def now_delta(seconds):
             """Make a datetime `seconds` seconds from now."""