diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
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index 3c8a65056..000000000
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
-
-AllCops:
-  StyleGuideCopsOnly: true
-
-Metrics/LineLength:
-  Max: 100
-
-Metrics/MethodLength:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/Alias:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/SignalException:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/StringLiterals:
-  EnforcedStyle: single_quotes
-
-Style/TrivialAccessors:
-  ExactNameMatch: true
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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index 5ac9aba4f..000000000
--- a/Rakefile
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-require 'bundler/setup'
-
-require 'rubocop/rake_task'
-RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:rubocop) do |task|
-  # if you use mediawiki-vagrant, rubocop will by default use it's .rubocop.yml
-  # the next line makes it explicit that you want .rubocop.yml from the directory
-  # where `bundle exec rake` is executed
-  task.options = ['-c', '.rubocop.yml']
-end
-
-require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new do |t|
-  t.rspec_opts = 'tests/rspec/'
-end
-
-task default: [:test]
-
-desc 'Run all build/tests commands (CI entry point)'
-task test: [:rubocop, :spec]
diff --git a/tests/rspec/README.md b/tests/rspec/README.md
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index 5cf77fbf5..000000000
--- a/tests/rspec/README.md
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Usage
-
-    vagrant up
-    vagrant roles enable echo flow wikimediaflow
-    vagrant provision
-    bundle install
-    bundle exec rake spec
diff --git a/tests/rspec/notification_spec.rb b/tests/rspec/notification_spec.rb
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index 1d965165f..000000000
--- a/tests/rspec/notification_spec.rb
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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-require 'mediawiki_api'
-
-describe 'Echo' do
-  before(:all) do
-    if ENV['JENKINS_HOME']
-      # jenkins
-      @mediawiki_api = "#{ENV['MW_SERVER']}#{ENV['MW_SCRIPT_PATH']}/api.php"
-      @admin_username = "#{ENV['MEDIAWIKI_USER']}"
-      @admin_password = "#{ENV['MEDIAWIKI_PASSWORD']}"
-    else
-      # mediawiki-vagrant
-      @mediawiki_api = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/w/api.php'
-      @admin_username = 'Admin'
-      @admin_password = 'vagrant'
-    end
-
-    @client = MediawikiApi::Client.new @mediawiki_api
-  end
-
-  before(:each) do
-    @client.log_in @admin_username, @admin_password
-
-    require 'securerandom'
-    @random_username = "U#{SecureRandom.hex(5)}"
-    @random_password = SecureRandom.hex(5)
-  end
-
-  it 'should notify a new user with welcome message' do
-    @client.create_account(@random_username, @random_password)
-
-    @client.log_in @random_username, @random_password
-    notifications = @client.query(meta: 'notifications').data['notifications']['list']
-
-    welcome_notification = notifications.first
-    expect(welcome_notification['type']).to eq 'welcome'
-    expect(welcome_notification['agent']['name']).to eq @random_username
-    expect(welcome_notification['timestamp']['date']).to eq 'Today'
-  end
-
-  it 'should notify user about mention on wikitext page' do
-    @client.create_account(@random_username, @random_password)
-
-    page = SecureRandom.hex(5).capitalize
-    @client.edit(title: page, text: "[[User:#{@random_username}]] ~~~~")
-
-    @client.log_in @random_username, @random_password
-    notifications = @client.query(meta: 'notifications').data['notifications']['list']
-
-    mention_notification = notifications.last
-    expect(mention_notification['type']).to eq 'mention'
-    expect(mention_notification['agent']['name']).to eq @admin_username
-    expect(mention_notification['title']['full']).to eq page
-  end
-
-end