diff --git a/tests/scaffold.test.js b/tests/scaffold.test.js
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--- a/tests/scaffold.test.js
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-import test from "node:test";
-import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
-
-const root = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
-
-test("the site has a home page with a semantic navigation bar", () => {
-  const html = readFileSync(join(root, "index.html"), "utf8");
-  assert.match(html, /<nav/);
-  assert.match(html, /class="nav-links"/);
-  assert.match(html, /<a href="index\.html">Home<\/a>/);
-});