2 files changed, 2 insertions, 199 deletions

diff --git a/spec/unit/node/attribute_spec.rb b/spec/unit/node/attribute_spec.rb
index d568d6fc15..947de76b1d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/node/attribute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/node/attribute_spec.rb
@@ -1086,200 +1086,5 @@ describe Chef::Node::Attribute do
 
   end
 
-
-  describe "when reading from a stale sub tree" do
-    before do
-      @attributes.default[:sub_tree] = {:key => "old value", :ary => %w[foo bar]}
-      @sub_tree = @attributes[:sub_tree]
-      @sub_array = @attributes[:sub_tree][:ary]
-      @attributes.default[:sub_tree] = {:key => "new value"}
-    end
-
-    it "detects reads from a no-longer-valid merged attributes sub-tree" do
-      lambda { @sub_tree[:key] }.should raise_error(Chef::Exceptions::StaleAttributeRead)
-    end
-
-    it "detects reads from a no-longer-valid array value" do
-      lambda {@sub_array.first}.should raise_error(Chef::Exceptions::StaleAttributeRead)
-    end
-    [
-      :[],
-      :all?,
-      :any?,
-      :assoc,
-      :chunk,
-      :collect,
-      :collect_concat,
-      :count,
-      :cycle,
-      :detect,
-      :drop,
-      :drop_while,
-      :each,
-      :each_cons,
-      :each_entry,
-      :each_key,
-      :each_pair,
-      :each_slice,
-      :each_value,
-      :each_with_index,
-      :each_with_object,
-      :empty?,
-      :entries,
-      :except,
-      :fetch,
-      :find,
-      :find_all,
-      :find_index,
-      :first,
-      :flat_map,
-      :flatten,
-      :grep,
-      :group_by,
-      :has_key?,
-      :has_value?,
-      :include?,
-      :index,
-      :inject,
-      :invert,
-      :key,
-      :key?,
-      :keys,
-      :length,
-      :map,
-      :max,
-      :max_by,
-      :member?,
-      :merge,
-      :min,
-      :min_by,
-      :minmax,
-      :minmax_by,
-      :none?,
-      :one?,
-      :partition,
-      :rassoc,
-      :reduce,
-      :reject,
-      :reverse_each,
-      :select,
-      :size,
-      :slice_before,
-      :sort,
-      :sort_by,
-      :store,
-      :symbolize_keys,
-      :take,
-      :take_while,
-      :to_a,
-      :to_hash,
-      :to_set,
-      :value?,
-      :values,
-      :values_at,
-      :zip
-    ].each do |reader|
-      it "detects dirty reads from a no-longer-valid Mash via Mash##{reader}" do
-        lambda { @sub_tree.send(:reader) }.should raise_error(Chef::Exceptions::StaleAttributeRead)
-      end
-    end
-
-
-    [
-      :&,
-      :*,
-      :+,
-      :-,
-      :[],
-      :all?,
-      :any?,
-      :assoc,
-      :at,
-      :chunk,
-      :collect,
-      :collect_concat,
-      :combination,
-      :compact,
-      :concat,
-      :count,
-      :cycle,
-      :detect,
-      :drop,
-      :drop_while,
-      :each,
-      :each_cons,
-      :each_entry,
-      :each_index,
-      :each_slice,
-      :each_with_index,
-      :each_with_object,
-      :empty?,
-      :entries,
-      :fetch,
-      :find,
-      :find_all,
-      :find_index,
-      :first,
-      :flat_map,
-      :flatten,
-      :grep,
-      :group_by,
-      :include?,
-      :index,
-      :inject,
-      :join,
-      :last,
-      :length,
-      :map,
-      :max,
-      :max_by,
-      :member?,
-      :min,
-      :min_by,
-      :minmax,
-      :minmax_by,
-      :none?,
-      :one?,
-      :pack,
-      :partition,
-      :permutation,
-      :product,
-      :rassoc,
-      :reduce,
-      :reject,
-      :repeated_combination,
-      :repeated_permutation,
-      :reverse,
-      :reverse_each,
-      :rindex,
-      :rotate,
-      :sample,
-      :select,
-      :shelljoin,
-      :shuffle,
-      :size,
-      :slice,
-      :slice_before,
-      :sort,
-      :sort_by,
-      :take,
-      :take_while,
-      :to_a,
-      :to_ary,
-      :to_set,
-      :transpose,
-      :uniq,
-      :values_at,
-      :zip,
-      :|
-    ].each do |reader|
-
-        it "detects dirty reads via Array##{reader}" do
-          lambda {@sub_array.send(reader)}.should raise_error(Chef::Exceptions::StaleAttributeRead)
-        end
-      end
-
-  end
-
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/node/immutable_collections_spec.rb b/spec/unit/node/immutable_collections_spec.rb
index 4ad5313415..db4a79f21b 100644
--- a/spec/unit/node/immutable_collections_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/node/immutable_collections_spec.rb
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ require "chef/node/immutable_collections"
 
 describe Chef::Node::ImmutableMash do
   before do
-    @root = Chef::Node::Attribute.new({}, {}, {}, {})
     @data_in = {:top => {:second_level => "some value"},
                 "top_level_2" => %w[array of values],
                 :top_level_3 => [{:hash_array => 1, :hash_array_b => 2}],
                 :top_level_4 => {:level2 => {:key => "value"}}
     }
-    @immutable_mash = Chef::Node::ImmutableMash.new(@root, @data_in)
+    @immutable_mash = Chef::Node::ImmutableMash.new(@data_in)
   end
 
   it "element references like regular hash" do
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ end
 describe Chef::Node::ImmutableArray do
 
   before do
-    @root = Chef::Node::Attribute.new({}, {}, {}, {})
-    @immutable_array = Chef::Node::ImmutableArray.new(@root, %w[foo bar baz])
+    @immutable_array = Chef::Node::ImmutableArray.new(%w[foo bar baz])
   end
 
   ##