diff --git a/tests/prep_vm.sh b/tests/prep_vm.sh
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--- a/tests/prep_vm.sh
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Run this on a VM to pre-install all the packages, then
-# take a snapshot - it will greatly speed up subsequent
-# test installs
-
-
-remove_line_continuation() {
-    local file="$1"
-    awk '
-BEGIN            { C=0 } 
-C==1 && /[^\\]$/ { C=0; print $0; next } 
-C==1             { printf("%s",substr($0,0,length($0)-1)); next } 
-/\\$/            { C=1; printf("%s",substr($0,0,length($0)-1)); next } 
-                 { print $0 }' \
-                     "$file"
-}
-
-install_packages() {
-    while read line; do
-        pkgs=""
-        case "$line" in
-             apt_install* )
-                 pkgs="$(cut -c12- <<<"$line")"
-                 ;;
-             "apt-get install"* )
-                 pkgs="$(cut -c16- <<<"$line")"
-                 ;;
-             "apt install"* )
-                 pkgs="$(cut -c12- <<<"$line")"
-                 ;;
-        esac
-        
-        # don't install postfix - causes problems with setup scripts
-        pkgs="$(sed s/postfix//g <<<"$pkgs")"
-        
-        if [ ! -z "$pkgs" ]; then
-            echo "install: $pkgs"
-            apt-get install $pkgs -y
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-apt-get update -y
-apt-get upgrade -y
-apt-get autoremove -y
-
-for file in $(ls setup/*.sh); do
-    remove_line_continuation "$file" | install_packages
-done
-
-apt-get install openssh-server -y
-apt-get install emacs-nox -y
-
-echo ""
-echo ""
-echo "Done. Take a snapshot...."
-echo ""