diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 933b7093..c0b72610 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ sanitisers.reverse  = require('./sanitiser/reverse');
 var controllers     = {};
 controllers.index   = require('./controller/index');
 controllers.doc     = require('./controller/doc');
-controllers.suggest = require('./controller/suggest');
 controllers.search  = require('./controller/search');
 
 /** ----------------------- routes ----------------------- **/
diff --git a/controller/suggest.js b/controller/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0adb6d8f..00000000
--- a/controller/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-
-var service = {
-  suggest: require('../service/suggest'),
-  mget: require('../service/mget')
-};
-var geojsonify = require('../helper/geojsonify').search;
-var resultsHelper = require('../helper/results');
-
-function setup( backend, query, query_mixer ){
-
-  // allow overriding of dependencies
-  backend = backend || require('../src/backend');
-  query = query || require('../query/suggest');
-  query_mixer = query_mixer || require('../helper/queryMixer').suggest;
-
-  function controller( req, res, next ){
-
-    // backend command
-    var cmd = {
-      index: 'pelias',
-      body: query( req.clean, query_mixer )
-    };
-
-    var size = req.clean.size || 10; 
-
-    // responder
-    function reply( docs ){
-      
-      // convert docs to geojson
-      var geojson = geojsonify( docs, req.clean );
-
-      // response envelope
-      geojson.date = new Date().getTime();
-
-      // respond
-      return res.status(200).json( geojson );
-    }
-
-    // query backend
-    service.suggest( backend, cmd, function( err, suggested ){
-
-      // error handler
-      if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-      
-      // pick the required number of results 
-      suggested = resultsHelper.picker(suggested, size);
-
-      // no documents suggested, return empty array to avoid ActionRequestValidationException
-      if( !Array.isArray( suggested ) || !suggested.length ){
-        return reply([]);
-      }
-
-      // map suggester output to mget query
-      var query = suggested.map( function( doc ) {
-        var idParts = doc.text.split(':');
-        return {
-          _index: 'pelias',
-          _type: idParts[0],
-          _id: idParts.slice(1).join(':')
-        };
-      });
-
-      service.mget( backend, query, function( err, docs ){
-
-        // error handler
-        if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-
-        // reply
-        return reply( docs );
-
-      });
-    });
-
-  }
-
-  return controller;
-}
-
-module.exports = setup;
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diff --git a/helper/queryMixer.json b/helper/queryMixer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d8ea590..00000000
--- a/helper/queryMixer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "suggest": [
-    {
-      "layers": ["poi", "admin", "address"],
-      "precision": [5, 3, 1]
-    },
-    {
-      "layers": ["admin"],
-      "precision": []
-    },
-    {
-      "layers": ["poi", "admin", "address"],
-      "precision": [3],
-      "fuzzy": "AUTO"
-    }
-  ],
-  "suggest_nearby": [
-    {
-      "layers": ["poi", "admin", "address"],
-      "precision": []
-    },
-    {
-      "layers": ["poi", "admin", "address"],
-      "precision": [],
-      "fuzzy": "AUTO"
-    }
-  ],
-  "coarse": [
-    {
-      "layers": ["admin"],
-      "precision": [5, 3, 1]
-    },
-    {
-      "layers": ["admin"],
-      "precision": [3],
-      "fuzzy": "AUTO"
-    }
-  ]
-}
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diff --git a/helper/results.js b/helper/results.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d0ec1fd..00000000
--- a/helper/results.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-
-var picker = function( results, size ){
-  var combined = [];
-  var num_results = 0;
-
-  for (var i=0; i<results.length && num_results<size; i++) {
-    if (results[i] && results[i].length) {
-      combined[i] = combined[i] || [];
-      combined[i].push(results[i][0]);
-      results[i].splice(0,1);
-      num_results++;
-    } else {
-      results.splice(i,1);
-      i--;
-    }
-    
-    if (i === results.length-1) {
-      i=0;
-    }
-  }
-  return (combined.length > 0) ? sort_by_score(combined) : combined;
-};
-
-var dedup = function(arr) {
-  var unique_ids = [];
-  return arr.filter(function(item, pos) {
-    if (unique_ids.indexOf(item.name.default) === -1) {
-      unique_ids.push(item.name.default);
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  });
-};
-
-var sort_by_score = function(arr) {
-  return arr.map(function(doc) {
-    return doc.sort(function(a,b) {
-      return b.score - a.score;
-    });
-  }).reduce(function(a,b) { //flatten
-    return a.concat(b);
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports = {
-  picker: picker,
-  dedup: dedup
-};
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diff --git a/query/suggest.js b/query/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 16cd7b28..00000000
--- a/query/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-
-var get_layers = require('../helper/layers');
-
-// Build pelias suggest query
-function generate( params, query_mixer, fuzziness ){
-
-  var CmdGenerator = function(params){
-    this.params = params;
-    this.cmd = {
-      'text': params.input
-    };
-  };    
-
-  CmdGenerator.prototype.get_precision = function() {
-    var zoom = this.params.zoom;
-    switch (true) {
-      case (zoom > 15):
-        return 5; // zoom: >= 16
-      case (zoom > 9):
-        return 4; // zoom: 10-15
-      case (zoom > 5):
-        return 3; // zoom: 6-9
-      case (zoom > 3):
-        return 2; // zoom: 4-5
-      default:
-        return 1; // zoom: 1-3 or when zoom: undefined
-    } 
-  };
-
-  CmdGenerator.prototype.add_suggester = function(name, precision, layers, fuzzy) {
-    this.cmd[name] = {
-      'completion' : {
-        'size' : this.params.size,
-        'field' : 'suggest',
-        'context': {
-          'dataset': this.params.layers || layers,
-          'location': {
-            'value': null,
-            'precision': precision || this.get_precision()
-          }
-        },
-        'fuzzy': {
-          'fuzziness': fuzzy || fuzziness || 0
-        }
-      }
-    };
-    if (!isNaN(this.params.lon) && !isNaN(this.params.lat)) {
-      this.cmd[name].completion.context.location.value = [ this.params.lon, this.params.lat ];
-    }
-  };
-
-  var cmd = new CmdGenerator(params);
-  var suggester_index = 0;
-
-  if (query_mixer && query_mixer.length) {
-    query_mixer.forEach(function(item, index){
-      var expanded_layers = get_layers(item.layers);
-      if (item.precision && Array.isArray( item.precision ) && item.precision.length ) {
-        item.precision.forEach(function(precision) {
-          cmd.add_suggester(suggester_index++, precision, expanded_layers, item.fuzzy);
-        });
-      } else {
-        cmd.add_suggester(suggester_index++, undefined, expanded_layers, item.fuzzy);
-      }
-    });  
-  } else {
-    cmd.add_suggester(suggester_index++);
-  }
-  
-  
-  return cmd.cmd;
-
-}
-
-module.exports = generate;
diff --git a/service/suggest.js b/service/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c5bf2c1f..00000000
--- a/service/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-
-/**
-
-  cmd can be any valid ES suggest command
-
-**/
-var peliasLogger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'service/suggest' );
-
-var microtime = require( 'microtime' );
-
-function service( backend, cmd, cb ){
-  // query new backend
-  var startTime = microtime.nowDouble();
-  backend().client.suggest( cmd, function( err, data ){
-    peliasLogger.verbose( 'time elasticsearch query took:', microtime.nowDouble() - startTime );
-    // handle backend errors
-    if( err ){ return cb( err ); }
-    
-    // map returned documents
-    
-    var docs = [];
-    var unique_ids = [];
-    var num_keys = Object.keys(data).length;
-    var has_docs = function(obj) {
-      return Array.isArray( obj ) && obj.length && obj[0].options && obj[0].options.length;
-    };
-    for (var i=0, j=0; i<num_keys && j<num_keys; i++) {
-      if ( has_docs(data[i]) ){
-        docs[i] = docs[i] || [];
-        var res = data[i][0].options[0];
-        if (unique_ids.indexOf(res.text) === -1) {
-          docs[i].push(res);
-          unique_ids.push(res.text);
-        } 
-        data[i][0].options.splice(0,1);
-      } else {
-        j++;
-      }
-      i = i === num_keys-1 ? 1 : i;
-    }
-
-    // fire callback
-    return cb( null, docs);
-  });
-
-}
-
-module.exports = service;
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/suggest.js b/test/unit/controller/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ef778d3b..00000000
--- a/test/unit/controller/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-
-var setup = require('../../../controller/suggest'),
-    mockBackend = require('../mock/backend'),
-    mockQuery = require('../mock/query');
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid interface', function(t) {
-    t.equal(typeof setup, 'function', 'setup is a function');
-    t.equal(typeof setup(), 'function', 'setup returns a controller');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-// functionally test controller (backend success)
-module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
-
-  // expected geojson features for 'client/mget/ok/1' fixture
-  var expected = [{
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -50.5, 100.1 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid1',
-      layer: 'mytype1',
-      text: 'test name1, city1, state1'
-    }
-  }, {
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -51.5, 100.2 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid2',
-      layer: 'mytype2',
-      text: 'test name2, city2, state2'
-    }
-  }];
-
-  test('functional success', function(t) {
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/ok/1', function( cmd ){
-      // the backend executes suggest (vanilla and admin-only) and mget, so we check them all based on cmd
-      if( cmd.body.docs ){
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { 
-          body: { docs: [ 
-            { _id: 'mockid1', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }, 
-            { _id: 'mockid2', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }
-          ]}
-        }, 'correct mget command');
-      } else {
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { input: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
-      }
-    });
-    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
-    var res = {
-      status: function( code ){
-        t.equal(code, 200, 'status set');
-        return res;
-      },
-      json: function( json ){
-        t.equal(typeof json, 'object', 'returns json');
-        t.equal(typeof json.date, 'number', 'date set');
-        t.equal(json.type, 'FeatureCollection', 'valid geojson');
-        t.true(Array.isArray(json.features), 'features is array');
-        t.deepEqual(json.features, expected, 'values correctly mapped');
-        t.end();
-      }
-    };
-    controller( { clean: { input: 'b' } }, res );
-  });
-
-  var detailed_expectation = [{
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -50.5, 100.1 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid1',
-      layer: 'mytype1',
-      name: 'test name1',
-      admin0: 'country1',
-      admin1: 'state1',
-      admin2: 'city1',
-      text: 'test name1, city1, state1'
-    }
-  }, {
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -51.5, 100.2 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid2',
-      layer: 'mytype2',
-      name: 'test name2',
-      admin0: 'country2',
-      admin1: 'state2',
-      admin2: 'city2',
-      text: 'test name2, city2, state2'
-    }
-  }];
-
-  test('functional success (with details)', function(t) {
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/ok/1', function( cmd ){
-      // the backend executes suggest (vanilla and admin-only) and mget, so we check them all based on cmd
-      if( cmd.body.docs ){
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { 
-          body: { docs: [ 
-            { _id: 'mockid1', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }, 
-            { _id: 'mockid2', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }
-          ]}
-        }, 'correct mget command');
-      } else {
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { input: 'b', details: true }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
-      }
-    });
-    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
-    var res = {
-      status: function( code ){
-        t.equal(code, 200, 'status set');
-        return res;
-      },
-      json: function( json ){
-        t.equal(typeof json, 'object', 'returns json');
-        t.equal(typeof json.date, 'number', 'date set');
-        t.equal(json.type, 'FeatureCollection', 'valid geojson');
-        t.true(Array.isArray(json.features), 'features is array');
-        t.deepEqual(json.features, detailed_expectation, 'values with details correctly mapped');
-        t.end();
-      }
-    };
-    controller( { clean: { input: 'b', details: true } }, res );
-  });
-};
-
-// functionally test controller (backend failure)
-module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
-  test('functional failure', function(t) {
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/fail/1', function( cmd ){
-      if( cmd.body.docs ){
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { 
-          body: { docs: [ 
-            { _id: 'mockid1', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }, 
-            { _id: 'mockid2', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }] 
-          } 
-        }, 'correct mget command');
-      } else if (cmd.body.layers) {
-        // layers are set exclusively for admin: test for admin-only layers
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b', layers: [ 'admin0', 'admin1', 'admin2' ] }, index: 'pelias' }, 
-        'correct suggest/admin command');
-      } else {
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
-      }
-    });
-    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
-    var next = function( message ){
-      t.equal(message,'a backend error occurred','error passed to errorHandler');
-    };
-    controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, undefined, next );
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('GET /suggest ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
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diff --git a/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js b/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e202ef4..00000000
--- a/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-
-var query_mixer = require('../../../helper/queryMixer.json');
-var indeces = require('../../../query/indeces');
-var alias_layers  = ['poi', 'admin', 'address'];
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
-  test('interface', function(t) {
-    t.equal(typeof query_mixer, 'object', 'valid object');
-    t.equal(query_mixer.hasOwnProperty('suggest'), true, 'has suggest defined');
-    t.equal(query_mixer.hasOwnProperty('suggest_nearby'), true, 'has suggest_nearby defined');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.valid = function(test, common) {
-  var valid_keys = ['layers', 'precision', 'fuzzy'];
-  var valid_fuzzy_vals = ['AUTO', 0, 1, 2];
-  var valid_layer_vals = indeces.concat(alias_layers);
-
-  var isValidPrecision = function(t, precisionArr) {
-    precisionArr.forEach(function(precision) {
-      t.notEqual(isNaN(precision), true, precision + ' is a valid precision value');
-    });
-  };
-
-  var isValidLayer = function(t, layerArr) {
-    layerArr.forEach(function(this_layer) {
-      t.notEqual(valid_layer_vals.indexOf(this_layer), -1, 'layer value ' + this_layer + ' is valid');  
-    });
-  };
-
-  var isValid = function(key, mix) {
-    test('valid mix (' + key + ')' , function(t) {
-      t.equal(keys.length > 0, true, 'valid key');  
-      t.equal(Array.isArray( mix ), true, 'is an array');
-      t.equal(mix.length > 0, true, 'is not an empty array');
-      mix.forEach( function(this_mix) {
-        t.notEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(this_mix).length, 0,  'object not empty');
-        for (var keys in this_mix) {
-          t.notEqual(valid_keys.indexOf(keys), -1, keys + ' is valid');
-          switch(keys) {
-            case 'fuzzy':
-              t.notEqual(valid_fuzzy_vals.indexOf(this_mix[keys]), -1, 'fuzzy value ' + this_mix[keys] + ' is valid');
-              break;
-            case 'layers':
-              t.equal(Array.isArray(this_mix[keys]), true, 'layers is an array');
-              t.equal(this_mix[keys].length > 0, true, 'layers is not an empty array');
-              isValidLayer(t, this_mix[keys]);
-              break;
-            case 'precision':
-              t.equal(Array.isArray( this_mix[keys] ), true, keys + ' is an array');
-              if (this_mix[keys].length > 0) {
-                isValidPrecision(t, this_mix[keys]);
-              }
-              break;
-            default: 
-              break;
-          }
-        }
-      });
-      t.end();
-    });
-  };
-
-  for (var keys in query_mixer) { 
-    isValid(keys, query_mixer[keys]);
-  }
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('query_mixer: ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
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diff --git a/test/unit/query/suggest.js b/test/unit/query/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d1067af0..00000000
--- a/test/unit/query/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-
-var generate = require('../../../query/suggest');
-var queryMixer = require('../../../helper/queryMixer');
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid interface', function(t) {
-    t.equal(typeof generate, 'function', 'valid function');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid query', function(t) {
-    var query = generate({
-      input: 'test', size: 10,
-      lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:1,
-      layers: ['test']
-    });
-    var expected = {
-      text: 'test',
-      0: {
-        completion: {
-          field: 'suggest',
-          size: 10,
-          context: {
-            dataset: [ 'test' ],
-            location: {
-              precision: 1,
-              value: [ 0, 0 ]
-            }
-          },
-          fuzzy: { fuzziness: 0 },
-        }
-      }
-    };
-    t.deepEqual(query, expected, 'valid suggest query');
-    t.end();
-  });
-
-  test('valid query without lat/lon', function(t) {
-    var query = generate({
-      input: 'test', size: 10,
-      layers: ['test']
-    });
-    var expected = {
-      text: 'test',
-      0: {
-        completion: {
-          field: 'suggest',
-          size: 10,
-          context: {
-            dataset: [ 'test' ],
-            location: {
-              precision: 1,
-              value: null
-            }
-          },
-          fuzzy: { fuzziness: 0 },
-        }
-      }
-    };
-    t.deepEqual(query, expected, 'valid suggest query');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.precision = function(test, common) {
-  var test_cases = [
-    {zoom:1, precision:1},
-    {zoom:2, precision:1},
-    {zoom:3, precision:1},
-    {zoom:4, precision:2},
-    {zoom:5, precision:2},
-    {zoom:6, precision:3},
-    {zoom:7, precision:3},
-    {zoom:8, precision:3},
-    {zoom:9, precision:3},
-    {zoom:10, precision:4},
-    {zoom:11, precision:4},
-    {zoom:12, precision:4},
-    {zoom:13, precision:4},
-    {zoom:14, precision:4},
-    {zoom:15, precision:4},
-    {zoom:16, precision:5},
-    {zoom:17, precision:5},
-    {zoom:18, precision:5},
-    {zoom:19, precision:5},
-    {zoom:'', precision:1},
-    {zoom:null, precision:1},
-    {zoom:undefined, precision:1}
-  ];
-  test('valid precision', function(t) {
-    test_cases.forEach( function( test_case ){
-      var query = generate({
-        input: 'test', size: 10,
-        lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:test_case.zoom,
-        layers: ['test']
-      });
-      var expected = {
-        text: 'test',
-        0: {
-          completion: {
-            field: 'suggest',
-            size: 10,
-            context: {
-              dataset: [ 'test' ],
-              location: {
-                precision: test_case.precision,
-                value: [ 0, 0 ]
-              }
-            },
-            fuzzy: { fuzziness: 0 },
-          }
-        }
-      };
-      t.deepEqual(query, expected, 'valid suggest query for zoom = ' + test_case.zoom);
-    });
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.fuzziness = function(test, common) {
-  var test_cases = [0,1,2,'AUTO', undefined, null, ''];
-  test('valid fuzziness', function(t) {
-    test_cases.forEach( function( test_case ){
-      var query = generate({
-        input: 'test', size: 10,
-        lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:0,
-        layers: ['test']
-      }, undefined, test_case);
-      var expected = {
-        text: 'test',
-        0: {
-          completion: {
-            field: 'suggest',
-            size: 10,
-            context: {
-              dataset: [ 'test' ],
-              location: {
-                precision: 1,
-                value: [ 0, 0 ]
-              }
-            },
-            fuzzy: { fuzziness: test_case || 0 },
-          }
-        }
-      };
-      t.deepEqual(query, expected, 'valid suggest query for fuziness = ' + test_case);
-    });
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.queryMixer = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid query mixer', function(t) {
-    for (var suggester in queryMixer) {
-      var queryMix = queryMixer[suggester];
-
-      var number_of_suggesters = queryMix.reduce(function(sum, query) { 
-        return sum + (query.precision.length || 1); 
-      }, 0); 
-
-      var query = generate({
-        input: 'test', size: 10,
-        lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:0
-      }, queryMix);
-
-      // adding one to number_of_suggesters to account for the key "text" in query.
-      t.deepEqual(Object.keys(query).length, number_of_suggesters + 1, 
-        suggester + ' has correct number of suggesters'
-      );
-    }
-    
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-var isValidLayer = function(t, query, layers) {
-  for(var qKey in query) {
-    var q = query[qKey];
-    if (q.completion) {
-      var query_layers = q.completion.context.dataset;
-      t.deepEqual(query_layers, layers, layers + ' layers set correctly');  
-    }  
-  }
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.layers = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid layers with query-mixers', function(t) {
-    for (var suggester in queryMixer) {
-      var queryMix = queryMixer[suggester];
-      var layers= ['geoname', 'osm'];
-      var query = generate({
-        input: 'test', size: 10,
-        lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:0,
-        layers: layers
-      }, queryMix);
-
-      isValidLayer(t, query, layers);
-    }
-    
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('suggest query ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
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diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index a8663fad..f28d7306 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -5,24 +5,20 @@ var common = {};
 var tests = [
   require('./controller/index'),
   require('./controller/doc'),
-  require('./controller/suggest'),
   require('./controller/search'),
   require('./service/mget'),
   require('./service/search'),
-  require('./service/suggest'),
   require('./sanitiser/suggest'),
   require('./sanitiser/search'),
   require('./sanitiser/reverse'),
   require('./sanitiser/doc'),
   require('./sanitiser/coarse'),
   require('./query/indeces'),
-  require('./query/suggest'),
   require('./query/sort'),
   require('./query/search'),
   require('./query/reverse'),
   require('./helper/geojsonify'),
-  require('./helper/outputSchema'),
-  require('./helper/queryMixer')
+  require('./helper/outputSchema')
 ];
 
 tests.map(function(t) {
diff --git a/test/unit/service/suggest.js b/test/unit/service/suggest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 08471e09..00000000
--- a/test/unit/service/suggest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-
-var setup = require('../../../service/suggest'),
-    mockBackend = require('../mock/backend');
-
-var example_valid_es_query = { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' };
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid interface', function(t) {
-    t.equal(typeof setup, 'function', 'setup is a function');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-// functionally test service 
-module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
-
-  var expected = [ 
-    [{ score: 1, text: 'mocktype:mockid1' }], 
-    [{ score: 2, text: 'mocktype:mockid2' }] 
-  ];
-
-  test('valid ES query', function(t) {
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/ok/1', function( cmd ){
-      t.deepEqual(cmd, example_valid_es_query, 'no change to the command');
-    });
-    setup( backend, example_valid_es_query, function(err, data) {
-      t.true(Array.isArray(data), 'returns an array');
-      data.forEach(function(d) {
-        t.true(typeof d === 'object', 'valid object');
-      });
-      t.deepEqual(data, expected, 'values correctly mapped');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-
-};
-
-// functionally test service
-module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
-
-  test('invalid ES query', function(t) {
-    var invalid_queries = [
-      {  },
-      { foo: 'bar' }
-    ];
-
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/fail/1', function( cmd ){
-      t.notDeepEqual(cmd, example_valid_es_query, 'incorrect backend command');
-    });
-    invalid_queries.forEach(function(query) {
-      setup( backend, [ query ], function(err, data) {
-        t.equal(err, 'a backend error occurred','error passed to errorHandler');
-        t.equal(data, undefined, 'data is undefined');
-      });
-    });
-    t.end();
-  });
-
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('SERVICE /suggest ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
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