diff --git a/backend/run_tests.sh b/backend/run_tests.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-## TEST file used by docker testing containers
-checkExit() {
-    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ];then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-if command -v go &> /dev/null
-then
-    printf "\n == Running tests == \n"
-    go test -race -parallel -v ./...
-    checkExit
-else
-    echo "ERROR: unable to perform tests"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/backend/scripts/bump_version.sh b/backend/scripts/bump_version.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-if ! [ -x "$(command -v standard-version)" ]; then
-  echo "standard-version is not installed. please run 'npm i -g standard-version'"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-standard-version --dry-run --skip
-read -p "Continue (y/n)? " -n 1 -r
-echo ;
-if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-	standard-version -s ;
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/scripts/commitlint.sh b/backend/scripts/commitlint.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-if ! [ -x "$(command -v commitlint)" ]; then
-  echo "commitlint is not installed. please run 'npm i -g commitlint'"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-for commit_hash in $(git log --pretty=format:%H origin/master..HEAD); do
-  commitlint -f ${commit_hash}~1 -t ${commit_hash}
-done
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diff --git a/backend/test/test b/backend/test/test
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diff --git a/backend/test/tests b/backend/test/tests
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