--- a/src/xpow.cc
+++ b/src/xpow.cc
@@ -1207,50 +1207,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
-%!# a ^ b  for real/complex scalar/matrix
-%!assert (0^-.5, Inf);            # case 1
-
-%!# a .^ b  for real/complex scalar/matrix
-%!shared a, b, ai, bi
-%! a = [0,1];   ai = [0,1i];
-%! b = [-.5,1]; bi = [-.5,1i];
-%!assert ([0.^b](1), Inf)         # case 1
-%!assert ([0.^bi](1), Inf)        # case 2
-%!assert ([a.^-.5](1), Inf)       # case 3   
-%!assert ([a.^b](1), Inf)         # case 4
-%!# matrix.^complex               # case 5
-%!assert ([a.^bi](1), Inf)        # case 6
-%!# complex.^matrix               # case 7
-%!# complex.^complexmatrix        # case 8
-%!assert ([ai.^-.5](1), Inf)      # case 9
-%!assert ([ai.^b](1), Inf)        # case 10
-%!# complexmatrix.^complex        # case 11
-%!assert ([ai.^bi](1), Inf)       # case 12
-
-%!# a .^ b  for real/complex scalar/ndarray
-%!shared a, b, ai, bi
-%! a = ones(1,1,2); ai = ones(1,1,2)*1i;
-%! b = ones(1,1,2); bi = ones(1,1,2)*1i;   
-%! a(1,1,1) = 0; ai(1,1,1) = 0;
-%! b(1,1,1) = -.5; bi(1,1,1) = -.5;
-%!assert ([0.^b](1), Inf)         # case 1
-%!assert ([0.^bi](1), Inf)        # case 2
-%!assert ([a.^-.5](1), Inf)       # case 3   
-%!assert ([a.^b](1), Inf)         # case 4
-%!# matrix.^complex               # case 5
-%!assert ([a.^bi](1), Inf)        # case 6
-%!# complex.^matrix               # case 7
-%!# complex.^complexmatrix        # case 8
-%!assert ([ai.^-.5](1), Inf)      # case 9
-%!assert ([ai.^b](1), Inf)        # case 10
-%!# complexmatrix.^complex        # case 11
-%!assert ([ai.^bi](1), Inf)       # case 12
-
-%!# I don't think sparse is an issue since 
-%!# it ignores zeros in the base.
-*/
-
-/*
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