diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3884bed2..e4c2a767f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1.9",
     "mapbox-gl-test-suite": "git://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-test-suite#master",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
-    "tap-spec": "^2.2.1",
     "tape": "^3.5.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/js/concurrency.test.js b/test/js/concurrency.test.js
index e5f96623e..e8c373adc 100644
--- a/test/js/concurrency.test.js
+++ b/test/js/concurrency.test.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 /* jshint node:true */
 
 var test = require('tape');
-var tapSpec = require('tap-spec');
-
-test.createStream()
-  .pipe(tapSpec())
-  .pipe(process.stdout);
-
 var mbgl = require('../..');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
diff --git a/test/js/file_source.test.js b/test/js/file_source.test.js
index 1970ee980..72f2180f2 100644
--- a/test/js/file_source.test.js
+++ b/test/js/file_source.test.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 /* jshint node: true */
 
 var test = require('tape');
-var tapSpec = require('tap-spec');
-
-test.createStream()
-  .pipe(tapSpec())
-  .pipe(process.stdout);
-
 var mbgl = require('../..');
 
 test('FileSource', function(t) {
diff --git a/test/js/map.test.js b/test/js/map.test.js
index 94a8e720e..50bab644d 100644
--- a/test/js/map.test.js
+++ b/test/js/map.test.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 /* jshint node: true */
 
 var test = require('tape');
-var tapSpec = require('tap-spec');
-
-test.createStream()
-  .pipe(tapSpec())
-  .pipe(process.stdout);
-
 var mbgl = require('../..');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
diff --git a/test/render.test.js b/test/render.test.js
index 9643dfef7..b48f52908 100644
--- a/test/render.test.js
+++ b/test/render.test.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 /* jshint node:true */
 
 var test = require('tape');
-var tapSpec = require('tap-spec');
-
-test.createStream()
-  .pipe(tapSpec())
-  .pipe(process.stdout);
-
 var mbgl = require('..');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');