diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/spawn-stack-too-big.rs b/src/test/run-pass/spawn-stack-too-big.rs
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--- a/src/test/run-pass/spawn-stack-too-big.rs
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-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-// ignore-macos apparently gargantuan mmap requests are ok?
-
-#![feature(phase)]
-
-#[phase(plugin)]
-extern crate green;
-extern crate native;
-
-use std::task::TaskBuilder;
-use native::NativeTaskBuilder;
-
-green_start!(main)
-
-fn main() {
-    test();
-
-    let (tx, rx) = channel();
-    TaskBuilder::new().native().spawn(proc() {
-        tx.send(test());
-    });
-    rx.recv();
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_word_size = "64"))]
-fn test() {}
-
-#[cfg(target_word_size = "64")]
-fn test() {
-    let (tx, rx) = channel();
-    spawn(proc() {
-        TaskBuilder::new().stack_size(1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 64).spawn(proc() {
-        });
-        tx.send(());
-    });
-
-    assert!(rx.recv_opt().is_err());
-}