diff --git a/scripts/babel-test.js b/scripts/babel-test.js
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index 24283dc3..00000000
--- a/scripts/babel-test.js
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-babel = require('@babel/standalone');
-
-const code = `
-async function doit() {
-    const foo = {bar: 5};
-    const mapped = Object.values(foo).map(n => n*n);
-    console.log(mapped);
-    await Promise.resolve();
-}
-doit();
-`;
-
-const {code: babelCode} = babel.transform(code, {
-    babelrc: false,
-    configFile: false,
-    presets: [
-        [
-            "env",
-            {
-                useBuiltIns: "entry",
-                modules: false,
-                corejs: "3.4",
-                targets: "IE 11",
-                // we provide our own promise polyfill (es6-promise)
-                // with support for synchronous flushing of
-                // the queue for idb where needed 
-                // exclude: ["es.promise", "es.promise.all-settled", "es.promise.finally"]
-            }
-        ]
-    ]
-});
-console.log(babelCode);