diff --git a/modelling/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/modelling/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5afe06ee9f50df622b2524d9f67c432741af04bf..14a1323c1801583abd8bf4f6698e84b3e8f0f620 100644
--- a/modelling/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modelling/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ set(MODELLING_TEST_DATA
   data/CA-3cm91E.pdb
   data/cbeta.fasta
   data/cbeta.pdb
-  data/compounds.chemlib
   data/del.fasta
   data/ff_NAD.dat
   data/gly.pdb
diff --git a/modelling/tests/data/compounds.chemlib b/modelling/tests/data/compounds.chemlib
deleted file mode 100644
index c44f3d83bfbf470d706dabb542a2249482e5618e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/modelling/tests/data/compounds.chemlib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/modelling/tests/test_modelling.py b/modelling/tests/test_modelling.py
index 3e99059ac00f92af1691bc0ed406d306d9fda6a7..6927469210e342be9185d68a2b5bece59be749ea 100644
--- a/modelling/tests/test_modelling.py
+++ b/modelling/tests/test_modelling.py
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ from ost import conop, seq, io, mol, geom
 
 class ModellingTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        compound_lib = conop.CompoundLib.Load(
-            'data/compounds.chemlib')
-        conop.SetDefaultLib(compound_lib)
-        io.profiles['DEFAULT'].processor = conop.RuleBasedProcessor(
-            compound_lib)
-
     #######################################################################
     # HELPERs
     #######################################################################