diff --git a/tests/vbic/Makefile.am b/tests/vbic/Makefile.am
index a09e99793..91966bc7b 100644
--- a/tests/vbic/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/vbic/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ TESTS = CEamp.cir		\
 	FG.cir 			\
 	FO.cir 			\
 	diffamp.cir 		\
-	diode.cir 		\
 	noise_scale_test.cir 	\
 	temp.cir
 
diff --git a/tests/vbic/diode.cir b/tests/vbic/diode.cir
deleted file mode 100644
index d2ad066c9..000000000
--- a/tests/vbic/diode.cir
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-VBIC diode test
-
-Q1 VCC 0 0 N1
-V1 VCC 0 1.0
-
-.OPTIONS NOACCT
-
-.OP
-
-.MODEL N1 NPN LEVEL=4 
-+ IS=1e-16 IBEI=1e-18 IBEN=5e-15 IBCI=2e-17 IBCN=5e-15 ISP=1e-15 RCX=10
-+ RCI=60 RBX=10 RBI=40 RE=2 RS=20 RBP=40 VEF=10 VER=4 IKF=2e-3 ITF=8e-2
-+ XTF=20 IKR=2e-4 IKP=2e-4 CJE=1e-13 CJC=2e-14 CJEP=1e-13 CJCP=4e-13 VO=2
-+ GAMM=2e-11 HRCF=2 QCO=1e-12 AVC1=2 AVC2=15 TF=10e-12 TR=100e-12 TD=2e-11 RTH=300
-
-.END
diff --git a/tests/vbic/diode.out b/tests/vbic/diode.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c55b0646..000000000
--- a/tests/vbic/diode.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-
-Circuit: vbic diode test
-
-Doing analysis at TEMP = 27.000000 and TNOM = 27.000000
-
-
-
-No. of Data Rows : 1
-
-	Node                                  Voltage
-	----                                  -------
-	----	-------
-	q1#collCI                        1.000000e+00
-	q1#substrate                     2.000000e-11
-	vcc                              1.000000e+00
-
-	Source	Current
-	------	-------
-
-	v1#branch                        -3.00513e-12
-
- VBIC models (Vertical Bipolar Inter-Company Model)
-      model                    n1
-
-       type                   npn
-       tnom                    27
-        rcx                    10
-        rci                    60
-         vo                     2
-       gamm                 2e-11
-       hrcf                     2
-        rbx                    10
-        rbi                    40
-         re                     2
-         rs                    20
-        rbp                    40
-         is                 1e-16
-         nf                     1
-         nr                     1
-         fc                   0.9
-       cbeo                     0
-        cje                 1e-13
-         pe                  0.75
-         me                  0.33
-        aje                  -0.5
-       cbco                     0
-        cjc                 2e-14
-        qco                 1e-12
-       cjep                 1e-13
-         pc                  0.75
-         mc                  0.33
-        ajc                  -0.5
-       cjcp                 4e-13
-         ps                  0.75
-         ms                  0.33
-        ajs                  -0.5
-       ibei                 1e-18
-        wbe                     1
-        nei                     1
-       iben                 5e-15
-        nen                     2
-       ibci                 2e-17
-        nci                     1
-       ibcn                 5e-15
-        ncn                     2
-       avc1                     2
-       avc2                    15
-        isp                 1e-15
-        wsp                     1
-        nfp                     1
-      ibeip                     0
-      ibenp                     0
-      ibcip                     0
-       ncip                     1
-      ibcnp                     0
-       ncnp                     2
-        vef                    10
-        ver                     4
-        ikf                 0.002
-        ikr                0.0002
-        ikp                0.0002
-         tf                 1e-11
-        qtf                     0
-        xtf                    20
-        vtf                     0
-        itf                  0.08
-         tr                 1e-10
-         td                 2e-11
-        kfn                     0
-        afn                     1
-        bfn                     1
-        xre                     0
-        xrb                     0
-       xrbi                     0
-        xrc                     0
-       xrci                     0
-        xrs                     0
-        xvo                     0
-         ea                  1.12
-       eaie                  1.12
-       eaic                  1.12
-       eais                  1.12
-       eane                  1.12
-       eanc                  1.12
-       eans                  1.12
-        xis                     3
-        xii                     3
-        xin                     3
-        tnf                     0
-       tavc                     0
-        rth                   300
-        cth                     0
-        vrt                     0
-        art                   0.1
-       ccso                     0
-        qbm                     0
-        nkf                   0.5
-       xikf                     0
-       xrcx                     0
-       xrbx                     0
-       xrbp                     0
-       isrr                     1
-       xisr                     0
-       dear                     0
-        eap                  1.12
-       vbbe                     0
-       nbbe                     1
-       ibbe                 1e-06
-     tvbbe1                     0
-     tvbbe2                     0
-      tnbbe                     0
-       ebbe                     0
-      dtemp                     0
-       vers                   1.2
-       vref                     0
-
- VBIC: Vertical Bipolar Inter-Company Model
-     device                    q1
-      model                    n1
-        vbe           6.28572e-11
-        vbc                    -1
-         ic           1.00513e-12
-         ib          -2.00502e-12
-         ie          -1.09355e-16
-         is                 1e-12
-         gm            4.2279e-15
-         go          -2.19727e-26
-        gpi           1.09669e-12
-        gmu                 1e-12
-         gx             0.0228614
-        cbe                 1e-13
-       cbex                     0
-        cbc           1.51216e-14
-       cbcx           6.25823e-39
-       cbep            7.5608e-14
-       cbcp           3.02432e-13
-          p           2.00513e-12
-
- Vsource: Independent voltage source
-     device                    v1
-         dc                     1
-      acmag                     0
-          i          -3.00513e-12
-          p           3.00513e-12
-
-
-Total elapsed time: 0.040 seconds.
-
-Total DRAM available = 255.484375 MB.
-DRAM currently available = 134.417969 MB.
-Total ngspice program size = 13.886719 MB.
-