diff --git a/libpathod/language/base.py b/libpathod/language/base.py
index 407d5473a..6de8c086e 100644
--- a/libpathod/language/base.py
+++ b/libpathod/language/base.py
@@ -733,19 +733,3 @@ class _Message(object):
 
 
 Sep = pp.Optional(pp.Literal(":")).suppress()
-
-
-def read_file(settings, s):
-    uf = settings.get("unconstrained_file_access")
-    sd = settings.get("staticdir")
-    if not sd:
-        raise exceptions.FileAccessDenied("File access disabled.")
-    sd = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(sd))
-    s = s[1:]
-    s = os.path.expanduser(s)
-    s = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(sd, s)))
-    if not uf and not s.startswith(sd):
-        raise exceptions.FileAccessDenied("File access outside of configured directory")
-    if not os.path.isfile(s):
-        raise exceptions.FileAccessDenied("File not readable")
-    return file(s, "rb").read()
diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc.py b/libpathod/pathoc.py
index e874412da..53ba44471 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc.py
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
         """
             Performs a single request.
 
-            r: A language.http.Request object, or a string representing one request.
+            r: A language.http.Request object, or a string representing one
+            request.
 
             Returns Response if we have a non-ignored response.
 
@@ -386,7 +387,8 @@ class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
         """
             Performs a single request.
 
-            r: A language.http.Request object, or a string representing one request.
+            r: A language.http.Request object, or a string representing one
+            request.
 
             Returns Response if we have a non-ignored response.
 
diff --git a/test/test_language.py b/test/test_language.py
index 514c2180f..f72e677bf 100644
--- a/test/test_language.py
+++ b/test/test_language.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import cStringIO
 from libpathod import language
-from libpathod.language import generators, base, http, websockets, writer, exceptions
+from libpathod.language import base, http, websockets, writer, exceptions
 import tutils
 
 language.TESTING = True
@@ -163,35 +163,6 @@ class TestMisc:
         g = v.get_generator({})
         assert g[:] == "val"
 
-    def test_randomgenerator(self):
-        g = generators.RandomGenerator("bytes", 100)
-        assert repr(g)
-        assert len(g[:10]) == 10
-        assert len(g[1:10]) == 9
-        assert len(g[:1000]) == 100
-        assert len(g[1000:1001]) == 0
-        assert g[0]
-
-    def test_literalgenerator(self):
-        g = generators.LiteralGenerator("one")
-        assert repr(g)
-        assert g[:] == "one"
-        assert g[1] == "n"
-
-    def test_filegenerator(self):
-        with tutils.tmpdir() as t:
-            path = os.path.join(t, "foo")
-            f = open(path, "wb")
-            f.write("x"*10000)
-            f.close()
-            g = generators.FileGenerator(path)
-            assert len(g) == 10000
-            assert g[0] == "x"
-            assert g[-1] == "x"
-            assert g[0:5] == "xxxxx"
-            assert repr(g)
-            del g  # remove all references to FileGenerator instance to close the file handle.
-
     def test_value(self):
         assert base.Value.parseString("'val'")[0].val == "val"
         assert base.Value.parseString('"val"')[0].val == "val"
@@ -848,31 +819,3 @@ class TestResponse:
         tutils.raises("no websocket key", r.resolve, language.Settings())
         res = r.resolve(language.Settings(websocket_key="foo"))
         assert res.code.string() == "101"
-
-
-def test_read_file():
-    tutils.raises(exceptions.FileAccessDenied, base.read_file, {}, "=/foo")
-    p = tutils.test_data.path("data")
-    d = dict(staticdir=p)
-    assert base.read_file(d, "+./file").strip() == "testfile"
-    assert base.read_file(d, "+file").strip() == "testfile"
-    tutils.raises(
-        exceptions.FileAccessDenied,
-        base.read_file,
-        d,
-        "+./nonexistent"
-    )
-    tutils.raises(
-        exceptions.FileAccessDenied,
-        base.read_file,
-        d,
-        "+/nonexistent"
-    )
-    tutils.raises(
-        exceptions.FileAccessDenied,
-        base.read_file,
-        d,
-        "+../test_language.py"
-    )
-    d["unconstrained_file_access"] = True
-    assert base.read_file(d, "+../test_language.py")
diff --git a/test/test_language_generators.py b/test/test_language_generators.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3db1ac91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_language_generators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+
+from libpathod.language import generators
+import tutils
+
+
+def test_randomgenerator():
+    g = generators.RandomGenerator("bytes", 100)
+    assert repr(g)
+    assert len(g[:10]) == 10
+    assert len(g[1:10]) == 9
+    assert len(g[:1000]) == 100
+    assert len(g[1000:1001]) == 0
+    assert g[0]
+
+
+def test_literalgenerator():
+    g = generators.LiteralGenerator("one")
+    assert repr(g)
+    assert g[:] == "one"
+    assert g[1] == "n"
+
+
+def test_filegenerator():
+    with tutils.tmpdir() as t:
+        path = os.path.join(t, "foo")
+        f = open(path, "wb")
+        f.write("x" * 10000)
+        f.close()
+        g = generators.FileGenerator(path)
+        assert len(g) == 10000
+        assert g[0] == "x"
+        assert g[-1] == "x"
+        assert g[0:5] == "xxxxx"
+        assert repr(g)
+        # remove all references to FileGenerator instance to close the file
+        # handle.
+        del g