diff --git a/DataFormats/Headers/test/test.C b/DataFormats/Headers/test/test.C
deleted file mode 100644
index 0800634bc44f1..0000000000000
--- a/DataFormats/Headers/test/test.C
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-test() {
-gROOT->LoadMacro("DataHeader.cxx++");
-o2::Base::ROOTobjectHeader m;
-o2::Base::DataHeader d;
-auto b = o2::Base::BaseHeader::compose(d,m);
-o2::Base::BaseHeader* h = AliceO2::Base::BaseHeader::get(b.first.get());
-hexDump("",h,b.second);
-h->get(o2::Base::ROOTobjectHeader::sHeaderType);
-o2::Base::BaseHeader* hr = h->get(AliceO2::Base::ROOTobjectHeader::sHeaderType);
-hexDump("",hr,hr->size());
-h->get(o2::Base::ROOTobjectHeader::sHeaderType);
-h->get("oiuoiu");
-h->get("ROOTmtd");
-h->get("BaseHDR");
-h->get("BaseHDe");
-string s{"asdgasdgasgd"};
-auto bs = o2::Base::BaseHeader::compose(s);
-hexDump("",bs.first.get(),bs.second);
-}