diff --git a/cmd/geth/testdata/genesis.json b/cmd/geth/testdata/genesis.json
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-{
-  "version": "1",
-  "params": {
-    "petersburgForkBlock": "0x0",
-    "chainId": "0xdeadbeef",
-    "miningMethod": "ethash"
-  },
-  "genesis": {
-    "author": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-    "difficulty": "0x1",
-    "extraData": "0xdeadbeef",
-    "gasLimit": "0x900000",
-    "nonce": "0x00000000deadbeef",
-    "timestamp": "0x0"
-  },
-  "config": {
-    "chainId": 42,
-    "clique": {
-      "period": 5,
-      "epoch": 3000
-    }
-  },
-  "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-  "coinbase": "0x8888f1f195afa192cfee860698584c030f4c9db1",
-  "difficulty": "0x020000",
-  "gasLimit": "0x2fefd8",
-  "timestamp": "0x54c98c81",
-  "extraData": "0x42",
-  "mixHash": "0x2c85bcbce56429100b2108254bb56906257582aeafcbd682bc9af67a9f5aee46",
-  "nonce": "0x78cc16f7b4f65485",
-  "alloc": {
-    "a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
-      "balance": "0x09184e72a000"
-    }
-  }
-}
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