diff --git a/t/Test/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm b/t/Test/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
index 81969d1..cafa0d0 100644
--- a/t/Test/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
+++ b/t/Test/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
@@ -40,55 +40,4 @@ sub run_tests {
     }
 }
 
-sub validate_password {
-    my ( $self, %a ) = @_;
-
-    my ($pkg, $file, $line) = caller();
-
-    my $src_clear     = $a{src_clear};
-    my $src_crypt     = $a{src_crypt};
-    my $attempt_clear = $a{attempt_clear};
-    my $attempt_hash  = $a{attempt_hash};
-    my $method        = $a{method} or die "missing method";
-    my $ticket        = $a{ticket};
-    my $deny          = $a{deny} || DENY;
-
-    if ( ! $src_crypt && ! $src_clear ) {
-        $self->log(LOGINFO, "fail: missing password");
-        return ( $deny, "$file - no such user" );
-    };
-
-    if ( ! $src_clear && $method =~ /CRAM-MD5/i ) {
-        $self->log(LOGINFO, "skip: cram-md5 not supported w/o clear pass");
-        return ( DECLINED, $file );
-    }
-
-    if ( defined $attempt_clear ) {
-        if ( $src_clear && $src_clear eq $attempt_clear ) {
-            $self->log(LOGINFO, "pass: clear match");
-            return ( OK, $file );
-        };
-
-        if ( $src_crypt && $src_crypt eq crypt( $attempt_clear, $src_crypt ) ) {
-            $self->log(LOGINFO, "pass: crypt match");
-            return ( OK, $file );
-        }
-    };
-
-    if ( defined $attempt_hash && $src_clear ) {
-        if ( ! $ticket ) {
-            $self->log(LOGERROR, "skip: missing ticket");
-            return ( DECLINED, $file );
-        };
-
-        if ( $attempt_hash eq hmac_md5_hex( $ticket, $src_clear ) ) {
-            $self->log(LOGINFO, "pass: hash match");
-            return ( OK, $file );
-        };
-    };
-
-    $self->log(LOGINFO, "fail: wrong password");
-    return ( $deny, "$file - wrong password" );
-};
-
 1;