diff --git a/app/helpers/private_messages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/private_messages_helper.rb
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--- a/app/helpers/private_messages_helper.rb
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-module PrivateMessagesHelper
-end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/private_messages_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/private_messages_helper_spec.rb
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--- a/spec/helpers/private_messages_helper_spec.rb
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-require 'spec_helper'
-
-# Specs in this file have access to a helper object that includes
-# the PrivateMessagesHelper. For example:
-#
-# describe PrivateMessagesHelper do
-#   describe "string concat" do
-#     it "concats two strings with spaces" do
-#       helper.concat_strings("this","that").should == "this that"
-#     end
-#   end
-# end
-describe PrivateMessagesHelper do
-  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
-end