diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cache.r b/tests/testthat/test-cache.r
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--- a/tests/testthat/test-cache.r
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-test_that("can add to a new cache", {
-  bfc <- BiocFileCache::BiocFileCache(tempdir(), ask = FALSE)
-  expect_equal(length(bfc), 0)
-
-  #from Bioc example
-  savepath <- BiocFileCache::bfcnew(bfc, "NewResource", ext = ".RData")
-  df <- data.frame(list("a"=c(1, 2), "b"=c(3, 4)))
-  save(df, file = savepath)
-
-  expect_equal(length(bfc), 1)
-
-  #cleanup
-  BiocFileCache::removebfc(bfc, ask = FALSE)
-})