diff --git a/IPython/core/fakemodule.py b/IPython/core/fakemodule.py
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--- a/IPython/core/fakemodule.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Class which mimics a module.
-
-Needed to allow pickle to correctly resolve namespaces during IPython
-sessions.
-"""
-
-#*****************************************************************************
-#       Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Fernando Perez. <fperez@colorado.edu>
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#*****************************************************************************
-
-import types
-
-def init_fakemod_dict(fm,adict=None):
-    """Initialize a FakeModule instance __dict__.
-
-    Kept as a standalone function and not a method so the FakeModule API can
-    remain basically empty.
-
-    This should be considered for private IPython use, used in managing
-    namespaces for %run.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-
-    fm : FakeModule instance
-
-    adict : dict, optional
-    """
-
-    dct = {}
-    # It seems pydoc (and perhaps others) needs any module instance to
-    # implement a __nonzero__ method, so we add it if missing:
-    dct.setdefault('__nonzero__',lambda : True)
-    dct.setdefault('__file__',__file__)
-
-    if adict is not None:
-        dct.update(adict)
-
-    # Hard assignment of the object's __dict__.  This is nasty but deliberate.
-    fm.__dict__.clear()
-    fm.__dict__.update(dct)
-
-
-class FakeModule(types.ModuleType):
-    """Simple class with attribute access to fake a module.
-
-    This is not meant to replace a module, but to allow inserting a fake
-    module in sys.modules so that systems which rely on run-time module
-    importing (like shelve and pickle) work correctly in interactive IPython
-    sessions.
-
-    Do NOT use this code for anything other than this IPython private hack."""
-
-    def __init__(self,adict=None):
-        
-        # tmp to force __dict__ instance creation, else self.__dict__ fails
-        self.__iptmp = None
-        # cleanup our temp trick
-        del self.__iptmp
-        # Now, initialize the actual data in the instance dict.
-        init_fakemod_dict(self,adict)
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_fakemodule.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_fakemodule.py
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-"""Tests for the FakeModule objects.
-"""
-
-import nose.tools as nt
-
-from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule
-
-# Make a fakemod and check a few properties
-def test_mk_fakemod():
-    fm = FakeModule()
-    yield nt.assert_true,fm
-    yield nt.assert_true,lambda : hasattr(fm,'__file__')
-
-def test_mk_fakemod_fromdict():
-    """Test making a FakeModule object with initial data"""
-    fm = FakeModule(dict(hello=True))
-    nt.assert_true(fm.hello)