diff --git a/iodata/test/test_mwfn.py b/iodata/test/test_mwfn.py
index 407df6ba..c8033d56 100644
--- a/iodata/test/test_mwfn.py
+++ b/iodata/test/test_mwfn.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_equal, assert_allclose
 from ..api import load_one
-from ..formats.mwfn import _load_mwfn_low
 from ..overlap import compute_overlap
-from ..utils import LineIterator
 
 try:
     from importlib_resources import path
@@ -32,13 +30,6 @@
     from importlib.resources import path
 
 
-def helper_load_mwfn_low(fn_mwfn):
-    """Load a testing Multiwfn file with iodata.formats.mwfn.load_mwfn_low."""
-    with path('iodata.test.data', fn_mwfn) as fn:
-        lit = LineIterator(str(fn))
-        return _load_mwfn_low(lit)
-
-
 def load_format_helper(fn_format):
     """Load a testing formatted file with iodata.iodata.load_one."""
     with path('iodata.test.data', fn_format) as fn: