diff --git a/misc-scripts/ping_ensembl.pl b/misc-scripts/ping_ensembl.pl
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-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-
-use Bio::EnsEMBL::Registry;
-eval {
-  Bio::EnsEMBL::Registry->load_registry_from_db(
-    -host    => 'ensembldb.ensembl.org',
-    -user    => 'anonymous'
-  );
-  my $human = Bio::EnsEMBL::Registry->get_DBAdaptor();
-  my $name = $human->get_MetaContainer()->get_scientific_name();
-  if('Homo sapiens' == $name) {
-    print "Connection to Ensembl works and you can query the human core database\n";
-  }
-};
-
-if($@) {
-  print "ERROR: Cannot connect to Ensembl!\n";
-  print "Please send the following error message to helpdesk\@ensembl.org\n";
-  print $@;
-}
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