diff --git a/test/validator/index.ts b/test/validator/index.ts
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-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import { assert } from '../test';
-import { svelte, loadConfig, tryToLoadJson } from '../helpers';
-
-describe("validate", () => {
-	fs.readdirSync(`${__dirname}/samples`).forEach(dir => {
-		if (dir[0] === ".") return;
-
-		// add .solo to a sample directory name to only run that test
-		const solo = /\.solo/.test(dir);
-		const skip = /\.skip/.test(dir);
-
-		if (solo && process.env.CI) {
-			throw new Error("Forgot to remove `solo: true` from test");
-		}
-
-		(solo ? it.only : skip ? it.skip : it)(dir, () => {
-			const config = loadConfig(`${__dirname}/samples/${dir}/_config.js`);
-
-			const input = fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/samples/${dir}/input.svelte`, "utf-8").replace(/\s+$/, "");
-			const expected_warnings = tryToLoadJson(`${__dirname}/samples/${dir}/warnings.json`) || [];
-			const expected_errors = tryToLoadJson(`${__dirname}/samples/${dir}/errors.json`);
-			const options = tryToLoadJson(`${__dirname}/samples/${dir}/options.json`);
-
-			let error;
-
-			try {
-				const { warnings } = svelte.compile(input, {
-					dev: config.dev,
-					legacy: config.legacy,
-					generate: false,
-					customElement: config.customElement,
-					...options,
-				});
-
-				assert.deepEqual(warnings.map(w => ({
-					code: w.code,
-					message: w.message,
-					pos: w.pos,
-					start: w.start,
-					end: w.end
-				})), expected_warnings);
-			} catch (e) {
-				error = e;
-			}
-
-			const expected = expected_errors && expected_errors[0];
-
-			if (error || expected) {
-				if (error && !expected) {
-					throw error;
-				}
-
-				if (expected && !error) {
-					throw new Error(`Expected an error: ${expected.message}`);
-				}
-
-				try {
-					assert.equal(error.code, expected.code);
-					assert.equal(error.message, expected.message);
-					assert.deepEqual(error.start, expected.start);
-					assert.deepEqual(error.end, expected.end);
-					assert.equal(error.pos, expected.pos);
-				} catch (e) {
-					console.error(error); // eslint-disable-line no-console
-					throw e;
-				}
-			}
-		});
-	});
-
-	it("errors if options.name is illegal", () => {
-		assert.throws(() => {
-			svelte.compile("<div></div>", {
-				name: "not.valid",
-				generate: false
-			});
-		}, /options\.name must be a valid identifier/);
-	});
-
-	it("warns if options.name is not capitalised", () => {
-		const { warnings } = svelte.compile("<div></div>", {
-			name: "lowercase",
-			generate: false
-		});
-
-		assert.deepEqual(warnings.map(w => ({
-			code: w.code,
-			message: w.message
-		})), [{
-			code: `options-lowercase-name`,
-			message: "options.name should be capitalised"
-		}]);
-	});
-
-	it("does not warn if options.name begins with non-alphabetic character", () => {
-		const { warnings } = svelte.compile("<div></div>", {
-			name: "_",
-			generate: false
-		});
-
-		assert.deepEqual(warnings, []);
-	});
-});
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