diff --git a/cmd/v5test/main.go b/cmd/v5test/main.go
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index 1daff56f8..000000000
--- a/cmd/v5test/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of go-ethereum.
-//
-// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with go-ethereum. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-// bootnode runs a bootstrap node for the Ethereum Discovery Protocol.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discv5"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	var (
-		listenPort = flag.Int("addr", 31000, "beginning of listening port range")
-		natdesc    = flag.String("nat", "none", "port mapping mechanism (any|none|upnp|pmp|extip:<IP>)")
-		count      = flag.Int("count", 1, "number of v5 topic discovery test nodes (adds default bootnodes to form a test network)")
-		regtopic   = flag.String("reg", "", "topic to register on the network")
-		looktopic  = flag.String("search", "", "topic to search on the network")
-	)
-	flag.Var(glog.GetVerbosity(), "verbosity", "log verbosity (0-9)")
-	flag.Var(glog.GetVModule(), "vmodule", "log verbosity pattern")
-	glog.SetToStderr(true)
-	flag.Parse()
-
-	natm, err := nat.Parse(*natdesc)
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.Fatalf("-nat: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < *count; i++ {
-		listenAddr := ":" + strconv.Itoa(*listenPort+i)
-
-		nodeKey, err := crypto.GenerateKey()
-		if err != nil {
-			utils.Fatalf("could not generate key: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		if net, err := discv5.ListenUDP(nodeKey, listenAddr, natm, ""); err != nil {
-			utils.Fatalf("%v", err)
-		} else {
-			if err := net.SetFallbackNodes(discv5.BootNodes); err != nil {
-				utils.Fatalf("%v", err)
-			}
-			go func() {
-				if *looktopic == "" {
-					for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
-						time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(2000+rand.Intn(2001)))
-						net.BucketFill()
-					}
-				}
-				switch {
-				case *regtopic != "":
-					// register topic
-					fmt.Println("Starting topic register")
-					stop := make(chan struct{})
-					net.RegisterTopic(discv5.Topic(*regtopic), stop)
-				case *looktopic != "":
-					// search topic
-					fmt.Println("Starting topic search")
-					stop := make(chan struct{})
-					found := make(chan string, 100)
-					go net.SearchTopic(discv5.Topic(*looktopic), stop, found)
-					for s := range found {
-						fmt.Println(time.Now(), s)
-					}
-				default:
-					// just keep doing lookups
-					for {
-						time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(40000+rand.Intn(40001)))
-						net.BucketFill()
-					}
-				}
-			}()
-		}
-		fmt.Printf("Started test node #%d with public key %v\n", i, discv5.PubkeyID(&nodeKey.PublicKey))
-	}
-
-	select {}
-}