diff --git a/tests/test_docstrings.py b/tests/test_docstrings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 26588dc3..00000000
--- a/tests/test_docstrings.py
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@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-import inspect
-import os
-import importlib
-import roiextractors
-import pytest
-
-
-def traverse_class(cls, objs):
-    """Traverse a class and its methods and append them to objs."""
-    predicate = lambda x: inspect.isfunction(x) or inspect.ismethod(x)
-    for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(cls, predicate=predicate):
-        objs.append(obj)
-
-
-def traverse_module(module, objs):
-    """Traverse all classes and functions in a module and append them to objs."""
-    objs.append(module)
-    predicate = lambda x: inspect.isclass(x) or inspect.isfunction(x) or inspect.ismethod(x)
-    for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(module, predicate=predicate):
-        parent_package = obj.__module__.split(".")[0]
-        if parent_package != "roiextractors":  # avoid traversing external dependencies
-            continue
-        objs.append(obj)
-        if inspect.isclass(obj):
-            traverse_class(obj, objs)
-
-
-def traverse_package(package, objs):
-    """Traverse all modules and subpackages in a package to append all members to objs."""
-    for child in os.listdir(package.__path__[0]):
-        if child.startswith(".") or child == "__pycache__":
-            continue
-        elif child.endswith(".py"):
-            module_name = child[:-3]
-            module = importlib.import_module(f"{package.__name__}.{module_name}")
-            traverse_module(module, objs)
-        else:  # subpackage
-            subpackage = importlib.import_module(f"{package.__name__}.{child}")
-            traverse_package(subpackage, objs)
-
-
-objs = []
-traverse_package(roiextractors, objs)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("obj", objs)
-def test_has_docstring(obj):
-    """Check if an object has a docstring."""
-    doc = inspect.getdoc(obj)
-    if inspect.ismodule(obj):
-        msg = f"{obj.__name__} has no docstring."
-    else:
-        msg = f"{obj.__module__}.{obj.__qualname__} has no docstring."
-        if "__create_fn__" in msg:
-            return  # skip dataclass functions created by __create_fn__
-    assert doc is not None, msg
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    for obj in objs:
-        test_has_docstring(obj)