diff --git a/tests/codex/slots/prover/helpers.nim b/tests/codex/slots/prover/helpers.nim
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--- a/tests/codex/slots/prover/helpers.nim
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-
-import std/json
-import std/sequtils
-
-import pkg/poseidon2
-import pkg/constantine/math/arithmetic
-import pkg/constantine/math/io/io_bigints
-
-import pkg/codex/merkletree
-import pkg/codex/slots/types
-
-type
-  Input* = object
-    cellData*: seq[seq[byte]]
-    merklePaths*: seq[seq[Poseidon2Hash]]
-    slotProof*: seq[Poseidon2Hash]
-    datasetRoot*: Poseidon2Hash
-    slotRoot*: Poseidon2Hash
-    entropy*: Poseidon2Hash
-    nCellsPerSlot*: int
-    nSlotsPerDataSet*: int
-    slotIndex*: int
-
-proc toInput*(inputJson: JsonNode): Input =
-  let
-    cellData =
-      inputJson["cellData"].mapIt(
-          it.mapIt(
-            block:
-              var
-                big: BigInt[256]
-                data = newSeq[byte](BigInt[256].bits div 8)
-              assert bool(big.fromDecimal( it.str ))
-              data.marshal(big, littleEndian)
-              data
-          ).concat # flatten out elements
-        )
-
-    merklePaths =
-        inputJson["merklePaths"].mapIt(
-          it.mapIt(
-            block:
-              var
-                big: BigInt[254]
-                hash: Poseidon2Hash
-              assert bool(big.fromDecimal( it.str ))
-              hash.fromBig( big )
-              hash
-          )
-        )
-
-    slotProof = inputJson["slotProof"].mapIt(
-      block:
-        var
-          big: BigInt[254]
-          hash: Poseidon2Hash
-        assert bool(big.fromDecimal( it.str ))
-        hash.fromBig( big )
-        hash
-      )
-
-    datasetRoot = block:
-      var
-        big: BigInt[254]
-        hash: Poseidon2Hash
-      assert bool(big.fromDecimal( inputJson["dataSetRoot"].str ))
-      hash.fromBig( big )
-      hash
-
-    slotRoot = block:
-      var
-        big: BigInt[254]
-        hash: Poseidon2Hash
-      assert bool(big.fromDecimal( inputJson["slotRoot"].str ))
-      hash.fromBig( big )
-      hash
-
-    entropy = block:
-      var
-        big: BigInt[254]
-        hash: Poseidon2Hash
-      assert bool(big.fromDecimal( inputJson["entropy"].str ))
-      hash.fromBig( big )
-      hash
-
-    nCellsPerSlot = inputJson["nCellsPerSlot"].getInt
-    nSlotsPerDataSet = inputJson["nSlotsPerDataSet"].getInt
-    slotIndex = inputJson["slotIndex"].getInt
-
-  Input(
-    cellData: cellData,
-    merklePaths: merklePaths,
-    slotProof: slotProof,
-    datasetRoot: datasetRoot,
-    slotRoot: slotRoot,
-    entropy: entropy,
-    nCellsPerSlot: nCellsPerSlot,
-    nSlotsPerDataSet: nSlotsPerDataSet,
-    slotIndex: slotIndex)
-
-proc toProofInput*[H](input: Input): ProofInput[H] =
-    ProofInput[H](
-      entropy: input.entropy,
-      slotIndex: input.slotIndex,
-      verifyRoot: input.datasetRoot,
-      verifyProof: input.slotProof,
-      slotRoot: input.slotRoot,
-      numCells: input.nCellsPerSlot,
-      numSlots: input.nSlotsPerDataSet,
-      samples: zip(input.cellData, input.merklePaths)
-        .mapIt(Sample[H](
-          data: it[0],
-          merkleProof: it[1]
-        ))
-    )
diff --git a/tests/codex/slots/prover/testcircomcompat.nim b/tests/codex/slots/prover/testcircomcompat.nim
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index 9d470456..00000000
--- a/tests/codex/slots/prover/testcircomcompat.nim
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-
-import std/json
-import std/sequtils
-import std/sugar
-import std/options
-
-import pkg/chronos
-import pkg/unittest2
-import pkg/poseidon2
-
-import pkg/codex/slots
-import pkg/codex/slots/types
-import pkg/codex/merkletree
-
-import pkg/constantine/math/arithmetic
-import pkg/constantine/math/io/io_fields
-import pkg/constantine/math/io/io_bigints
-
-import ./helpers
-
-suite "Test Backend":
-  let
-    r1cs = "tests/codex/slots/prover/fixtures/proof_main.r1cs"
-    wasm = "tests/codex/slots/prover/fixtures/proof_main.wasm"
-
-  var
-    circom: CircomCompat
-    proofInput: ProofInput[Poseidon2Hash]
-
-  setup:
-    let
-      inputData = readFile("tests/codex/slots/prover/fixtures/input.json")
-      inputJson = parseJson(inputData)
-
-    proofInput = toProofInput[Poseidon2Hash](inputJson.toInput())
-
-    # circom = CircomCompat.init(r1cs, wasm, zkey)
-    circom = CircomCompat.init(r1cs, wasm)
-
-  teardown:
-    circom.release()
-
-  test "Should verify with known input":
-    let
-      proof = circom.prove(proofInput).tryGet
-    check circom.verify(proof).tryGet
-
-    proof.release()
-
-  test "Should not verify with wrong input":
-    proofInput.slotIndex = 1 # change slot index
-
-    let
-      proof = circom.prove(proofInput).tryGet
-    check circom.verify(proof).tryGet == false
-
-    proof.release()