diff --git a/bin/tests/system/timeouts/prereq.sh b/bin/tests/system/timeouts/prereq.sh
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--- a/bin/tests/system/timeouts/prereq.sh
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-#
-# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
-# information regarding copyright ownership.
-
-. ../conf.sh
-
-if test -n "$PYTHON"; then
-  if $PYTHON -c "from dns.query import send_tcp" 2>/dev/null; then
-    :
-  else
-    echo_i "This test requires the dnspython >= 2.0.0 module." >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  echo_i "This test requires Python and the dnspython module." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0