diff --git a/tests/unicode.phpt b/tests/unicode.php
similarity index 72%
rename from tests/unicode.phpt
rename to tests/unicode.php
index 4d0908d..a8825c9 100644
--- a/tests/unicode.phpt
+++ b/tests/unicode.php
@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 --TEST
 Test V8::executeString() : Check if imported code works with some unicode symbols
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/skipif.inc'); ?>
---FILE--
 <?php
-# check if snapshots are supported
+# check if v8js was compiled with snapshot support
 define('V8_WITH_SNAPSHOT', method_exists("V8Js", "createSnapshot"));
 
 # maybe more characters (e.g. from http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~richard/unicode-sample.html?)
 $unicode = 'äöüßÜÄÖÜ߀áàâÁÀµ²³▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█    ㌀ ㌁ ㌂ ㌃';
-$moduleFileBase = 'test';
 
 # insert unicode via snapshot
 if (V8_WITH_SNAPSHOT) {
     $snapshot = V8Js::createSnapshot("var snapshot = {unicode: '" . $unicode . "'}");
 } else {
+    # argument is only checked for type and further ignored
     $snapshot = '';
 }
 
 # start V8Js
 $jscript = new V8Js('php', array(), array(), true, $snapshot);
-$jscript->setModuleLoader(function ($path) {
-    return file_get_contents($path . ".js");
-});
 
 # insert unicode via php var
 $jscript->unicode = $unicode;
@@ -30,33 +25,25 @@ $jscript->unicode = $unicode;
 # insert unicode via executeString
 $jscript->executeString("var execStr = {unicode: '" . $unicode . "'}");
 
-# insert unicode via commonJS module
-file_put_contents("./$moduleFileBase.js", "module.exports = {unicode: '$unicode'}");
-$jscript->executeString("var module = require('./$moduleFileBase')");
-
 # return  to php
 $jscript->executeString("values = {}");
 if (V8_WITH_SNAPSHOT) {
     $jscript->executeString("values['snapshot'] = snapshot.unicode");
 } else {
-  // if snapshots are not compiled shim this test
+  # shim this test
   $jscript->executeString("values['snapshot'] = '" . $unicode . "'");
 }
 $jscript->executeString("values['php'] = php.unicode");
 $jscript->executeString("values['execStr'] = execStr.unicode");
-$jscript->executeString("values['module'] = module.unicode");
 $values = $jscript->executeString("values");
 
 echo "snapshot: $values->snapshot\n";
 echo "php     : $values->php\n";
 echo "execStr : $values->execStr\n";
-echo "module  : $values->module\n";
 ?>
+===EOF===
 --EXPECT--
 snapshot: äöüßÜÄÖÜ߀áàâÁÀµ²³▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█    ㌀ ㌁ ㌂ ㌃
 php     : äöüßÜÄÖÜ߀áàâÁÀµ²³▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█    ㌀ ㌁ ㌂ ㌃
 execStr : äöüßÜÄÖÜ߀áàâÁÀµ²³▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█    ㌀ ㌁ ㌂ ㌃
---CLEAN--
-<?php
-unlink("./$moduleFileBase.js");
-?>
+===EOF===