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-[submodule "tests"]
-	path = tests/testdata
-	url = https://github.com/ethereum/tests
-	shallow = true
-[submodule "evm-benchmarks"]
-	path = tests/evm-benchmarks
-	url = https://github.com/ipsilon/evm-benchmarks
-	shallow = true