diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/data/upstreams.yaml b/lib/spack/spack/test/data/upstreams.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0efae97ce19..00000000000
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/data/upstreams.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-upstreams:
-  global:
-    install_tree: $spack/opt/spack
-    modules:
-      tcl:    $spack/share/spack/modules
-      lmod:   $spack/share/spack/lmod
-      dotkit: $spack/share/spack/dotkit
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