diff --git a/test/powershell/Invoke-Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Invoke-Item.Tests.ps1
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-using namespace System.Diagnostics
-
-Describe "Invoke-Item" {
-
-    $tmpDirectory         = $TestDrive
-    $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
-    $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
-    $testlink             = "testlink"
-    $FullyQualifiedFile   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfile
-    $FullyQualifiedFolder = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfolder
-    $FullyQualifiedLink   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlink
- 
-    function NewProcessStartInfo([string]$CommandLine, [switch]$RedirectStdIn)
-    {
-        return [ProcessStartInfo]@{
-            FileName               = $powershell
-            Arguments              = $CommandLine
-            RedirectStandardInput  = $RedirectStdIn
-            RedirectStandardOutput = $true
-            RedirectStandardError  = $true
-            UseShellExecute        = $false
-        }
-    }
-
-    function RunPowerShell([ProcessStartInfo]$debugfn)
-    {
-        $process = [Process]::Start($debugfn)
-        return $process
-    }
-
-    function EnsureChildHasExited([Process]$process, [int]$WaitTimeInMS = 15000)
-    {
-        $process.WaitForExit($WaitTimeInMS)
-
-        if (!$process.HasExited)
-        {
-            $process.HasExited | Should Be $true
-            $process.Kill()
-        }
-    }
-
-    function Clean-State
-    {
-        if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink)
-        {
-	        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedLink -Force
-        }
-
-        if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile)
-        {
-	        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFile -Force
-        }
-
-        if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder)
-        {
-	    Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFolder -Force
-        }
-    }
-
-    BeforeAll {
-        $powershell = Join-Path -Path $PsHome -ChildPath "powershell"
-    }
-
-#Both tests are pending due to a bug in Invoke-Item on Windows. Fixed for Linux
-
-    It "Should call the function without error" -Pending { 
-        { New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file } | Should Not Throw
-    }
-
-    It "Should invoke a text file without error" -Pending {
-        $debugfn = NewProcessStartInfo "-noprofile ""``Invoke-Item $FullyQualifiedFile`n" -RedirectStdIn
-        $process = RunPowerShell $debugfn
-        EnsureChildHasExited $process
-        $process.ExitCode | Should Be 0
-    }    
-}