diff --git a/test/unit/core/map_request_test.cpp b/test/unit/core/map_request_test.cpp
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--- a/test/unit/core/map_request_test.cpp
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@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#include "catch.hpp"
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <mapnik/map.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/load_map.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/agg_renderer.hpp>
-#if defined(HAVE_CAIRO)
-#include <mapnik/cairo/cairo_renderer.hpp>
-#endif
-#include <mapnik/image_util.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/datasource_cache.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/font_engine_freetype.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/image.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/image_reader.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/scale_denominator.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/feature_style_processor.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/projection.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/layer.hpp>
-
-#include <vector>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-TEST_CASE("mapnik::request") {
-
-SECTION("rendering") {
-
-    try {
-
-        mapnik::datasource_cache::instance().register_datasources("plugins/input/csv.input");
-        mapnik::freetype_engine::register_fonts("./fonts", true );
-        mapnik::Map m(256,256);
-        mapnik::load_map(m,"./tests/data/good_maps/marker-text-line.xml",false);
-        m.zoom_all();
-        mapnik::image_rgba8 im(m.width(),m.height());
-        double scale_factor = 1.2;
-
-        // render normally with apply() and just map and image
-        mapnik::agg_renderer<mapnik::image_rgba8> renderer1(m,im,scale_factor);
-        renderer1.apply();
-
-        // reset image
-        mapnik::fill(im, 0);
-
-        // set up a mapnik::request object
-        mapnik::request req(m.width(),m.height(),m.get_current_extent());
-        req.set_buffer_size(m.buffer_size());
-
-        // render using apply() and mapnik::request
-        mapnik::attributes vars;
-        mapnik::agg_renderer<mapnik::image_rgba8> renderer2(m,req,vars,im,scale_factor);
-        renderer2.apply();
-
-        // reset image
-        mapnik::fill(im, 0);
-
-        // render with apply_to_layer api and mapnik::request params passed to apply_to_layer
-        mapnik::agg_renderer<mapnik::image_rgba8> renderer3(m,req,vars,im,scale_factor);
-        renderer3.start_map_processing(m);
-        mapnik::projection map_proj(m.srs(),true);
-        double scale_denom = mapnik::scale_denominator(req.scale(),map_proj.is_geographic());
-        scale_denom *= scale_factor;
-        for (mapnik::layer const& lyr : m.layers() )
-        {
-            if (lyr.visible(scale_denom))
-            {
-                std::set<std::string> names;
-                renderer3.apply_to_layer(lyr,
-                                         renderer3,
-                                         map_proj,
-                                         req.scale(),
-                                         scale_denom,
-                                         req.width(),
-                                         req.height(),
-                                         req.extent(),
-                                         req.buffer_size(),
-                                         names);
-
-            }
-        }
-        renderer3.end_map_processing(m);
-
-        // also test cairo
-#if defined(HAVE_CAIRO)
-        mapnik::cairo_surface_ptr image_surface(
-            cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32,req.width(),req.height()),
-            mapnik::cairo_surface_closer());
-        mapnik::cairo_ptr image_context = (mapnik::create_context(image_surface));
-        mapnik::cairo_renderer<mapnik::cairo_ptr> png_render(m,req,vars,image_context,scale_factor);
-        png_render.apply();
-        //cairo_surface_write_to_png(&*image_surface, expected_cairo.c_str());
-        //std::string actual_cairo("/tmp/map-request-marker-text-line-actual4.png");
-        //cairo_surface_write_to_png(&*image_surface, actual_cairo.c_str());
-        // TODO - non visual way to test
-#endif
-        // TODO - test grid_renderer
-
-    } catch (std::exception const& ex) {
-        std::clog << ex.what() << "\n";
-    }
-}
-}