diff --git a/host/assembler.fnl b/host/assembler.fnl
index 661d9a0..45445f8 100644
--- a/host/assembler.fnl
+++ b/host/assembler.fnl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 	(require :host.assembler.opcodes))
 (local {: any : slice : push : map} (require :deps.lume))
 (local {: word->byte} (require :host.util))
-(local {: emulate} (require :host.util.emulator))
 
 (fn label [name] {:label name})
 (fn label? [value]
@@ -39,7 +38,3 @@
 	 [move (r 9) (r 3)]
 	 [branch (label :label-1)]]
 	0x8000)
-
-(let [assembly (assemble [[move (r 8) 127]])
-      byte-string (table.concat (map (. assembly :instructions) word->byte) "")]
-  (emulate byte-string))
diff --git a/test/assembler/opcodes.fnl b/test/assembler/opcodes.fnl
index 3a510ef..13ba747 100644
--- a/test/assembler/opcodes.fnl
+++ b/test/assembler/opcodes.fnl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (local t (require :deps.faith))
 (local {: r : move} (require :host.assembler.opcodes))
+
 (fn hex [n]
   "format a number as 32 bit hexadecimal"
   (string.format :0x%08x n))