diff --git a/readability/urlfetch.py b/readability/urlfetch.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cc1aa75..0000000
--- a/readability/urlfetch.py
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import urllib2
-
-class UrlFetch():
-    """
-    A class for fetching URLs.  This provides a layer of abstraction that can
-    be easily replaced for testing.
-    """
-
-    def urlread(self, url):
-        return urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-
-
-class MockUrlFetch(UrlFetch):
-
-    def __init__(self, urldict):
-        self._urldict = urldict
-
-    def urlread(self, url):
-        path = self._urldict[url]
-        with open(path, 'r') as f:
-            return f.read()