diff --git a/test/fixtures/input.py b/test/fixtures/input.py
index 11538a4..e635568 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/input.py
+++ b/test/fixtures/input.py
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ from test.utils.input import pair_data_with_queue_message
 from test.utils.pdf import pdf_stream
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def data(data_type, pdf):
-    if data_type == "pdf":
-        return pdf
-    elif data_type == "bytestring":
-        return "content".encode("latin1")
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def input_data_items(unencoded_input_data, input_data_encoder):
     return input_data_encoder(unencoded_input_data)