diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 1777400..ee170e3 100755
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -702,128 +702,10 @@ var cases = test.Cases({
 	},
 
 	// text utils...
-	/* XXX might be a good idea to do a separate test suite for this to 
+	// XXX might be a good idea to do a separate test suite for this to 
 	// 		be able to reference individual cases...
 	// 		...or to re-organize this thing differently....
 	// XXX still need to test tab_size values (0, ...)
-	text_cases: [
-		// sanity checks...
-		{ input: '',
-			all: ''},
-		{ input: 'abc',
-			all: 'abc'},
-		{ input: '\n\t\tabc',
-			all: 'abc'},
-
-		// NOTE: there is no way to know what is the indent of 'a'
-		// 		relative to the rest of the text...
-		{ input: `a
-				c`,
-			text: 'a\nc', 
-			doc: 'a\n    c'},
-		{ input: `a\nc`,
-			text: 'a\nc', 
-			doc: 'a\nc'},
-		{ input: `\
-				a
-					c`,
-			all: 'a\n    c'},
-		{ input: `
-				a
-					c`,
-			all: 'a\n    c'},
-		{ input: `
-				a
-					c`, 
-			all: 'a\n    c' },
-
-		{ input: `a
-				b
-				c`, 
-			text: 'a\nb\nc',
-	   		doc: 'a\n    b\n    c' },
-
-		{ input: `
-				a
-				b
-					c`, 
-			all: 'a\nb\n    c' },
-		{ input: `
-				a
-					b
-					c`, 
-			all: 'a\n    b\n    c' },
-
-		{ input: `a
-					b
-				c`, 
-			all: `a\n    b\nc` },
-		{ input: `a
-					b
-						c`, 
-			all: `a\nb\n    c` },
-		{ input: `
-				a
-					b
-						c`, 
-			all: `a\n    b\n        c` },
-		{ input: `a
-					b
-					b
-					b
-				c`, 
-			all: `a\n    b\n    b\n    b\nc` },
-		{ input: `a
-					b
-						b
-					b
-				c`, 
-			all: `a\n    b\n        b\n    b\nc` },
-		{ input: `
-				a
-					b
-				c`, 
-			all: `a\n    b\nc` },
-		{ input: `a
-					b
-				c
-				d`, 
-			text: `a\n    b\nc\nd`,
-			// XXX not sure about this...
-			doc: `a\n        b\n    c\n    d` },
-	],
-	text: function(assert){
-		this.text_cases
-			.map(function({input, doc, text, all}, i){
-				doc = doc != null ? 
-					doc 
-					: all
-				text = text != null ? 
-					text 
-					:  all
-
-				var test = function(func, input, expect){
-					var res
-					return assert((res = object[func](input)) == expect, 
-						func +'(text_cases['+i+']):'
-							+'\n---input---\n'
-							+ (input instanceof Array ?
-								input[0]
-								: input)
-							+'\n---Expected---\n'
-							+ expect
-							+'\n---Got---\n'
-							+ res
-							+'\n---') }
-
-				doc != null
-					&& test('normalizeIndent', input, doc)
-					&& test('doc', [input], doc)
-				text != null
-					&& test('normalizeTextIndent', input, text)
-					&& test('text', [input], text) }) },
-	//*/
-
 	// XXX naming is not clear -- should be close to automatic...
 	// XXX still need to test tab_size values (0, ...)
 	// sanity checks...