diff --git a/test/fork/external.js b/test/fork/external.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 46e77316f4..0000000000
--- a/test/fork/external.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-const abi = require('ethereumjs-abi');
-const { hex } = require('../utils').helpers;
-
-function encode(...args) {
-  const signature = args[0];
-  const params = args.slice(1);
-  const datatypes = signature
-    .substring(0, signature.length - 1)
-    .split('(')[1]
-    .split(',');
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < datatypes.length; i++) {
-    if (datatypes[i].includes('byte') && !datatypes[i].includes('[]')) {
-      if (!params[i].startsWith('0x')) {
-        params[i] = hex(params[i]);
-        args[i + 1] = params[i];
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  const encoded = abi.simpleEncode.apply(this, args);
-
-  return '0x' + encoded.toString('hex');
-}
-
-function encode1(...args) {
-  const encoded = abi.rawEncode.apply(this, args);
-  return '0x' + encoded.toString('hex');
-}
-
-module.exports = { encode, encode1 };