diff --git a/selfdrive/car/data_test.py b/selfdrive/car/data_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ba676ab2b3..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/car/data_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# sentinel value to detect when to replace a field's default
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-
-auto = object()
-
-
-def check_auto(name, bases, cls_dict):
-  default = 1
-
-  cls_annotations = cls_dict.get('__annotations__', {})
-  print('cls_annotations2', cls_annotations)
-
-  for name, val in cls_dict.items():
-    print('test', name, val)
-    if val == auto:
-      # cls_dict[name] = default
-      # cls_dict[name] = cls_annotations[name]
-      cls_dict[name] = field(default_factory=cls_annotations[name])
-      default += 1
-
-  cls = type(name, bases, cls_dict)
-  return cls
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class State(metaclass=check_auto):
-  test: int = auto
-  test2: str = auto
-  test3: bool = auto
-
-
-s = State()
-# print(s)  # State(val_A=1, val_B=2, val_C=3)
-# assert s.val_B == 2
-#
-# s = State(val_A=5)
-# assert s.val_A == 5
-# assert s.val_C == 3
diff --git a/selfdrive/car/data_test2.py b/selfdrive/car/data_test2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 57f869c816..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/car/data_test2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-class Auto:
-  """A placeholder class to denote an automatically assigned default value."""
-
-  def __repr__(self):
-    return "<Auto>"
-
-
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields as dc_fields
-from typing import Any, List
-
-def apply_auto_defaults(cls):
-    for f in dc_fields(cls):
-        # Check if the field's default is an instance of Auto
-        if isinstance(f.default, Auto):
-            # Determine the appropriate default factory based on type hints
-            if f.type == bool:
-                default_factory = bool
-            elif f.type == list:
-                default_factory = list
-            elif f.type == int:
-                default_factory = int
-            else:
-                raise TypeError(f"Unsupported field type for auto-default: {f.type}")
-            # Replace the placeholder with an actual dataclass field with default_factory
-            setattr(cls, f.name, field(default_factory=default_factory))
-    return cls
-
-
-@apply_auto_defaults
-@dataclass
-class CarControl:
-    enabled: bool = Auto()  # Auto will be replaced with field(default_factory=bool)
-    speed: int = Auto()     # Auto will be replaced with field(default_factory=int)
-    tags: List[str] = Auto()  # Auto will be replaced with field(default_factory=list)
-
-# This will instantiate the dataclass with the fields set to their default types
-car_control = CarControl()
-print(car_control.enabled)  # Expected: False
-print(car_control.speed)    # Expected: 0
-print(car_control.tags)     # Expected: []