diff --git a/housekeeping_script/changelog_test.sh b/housekeeping_script/changelog_test.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-OWNER=cyclus
-REPO=cyclus
-CHANGELOG_FILE=CHANGELOG.rst
-
-# default main repo setup
-PR_BASE_BRANCH=master
-echo "Testing changelog against $PR_BASE_BRANCH branch"
-
-master_repo="https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}.git"
-default_branch=$PR_BASE_BRANCH
-
-# setup temp remote 
-git_remote_name=ci_changelog_`git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1`
-git remote add ${git_remote_name} ${master_repo}
-git fetch ${git_remote_name}
-
-# diff against temp remote
-added_changelog_entry=$((`git diff ${git_remote_name}/${default_branch} -- ${CHANGELOG_FILE} |wc -l`))
-
-# cleaning temp remote
-git remote remove ${git_remote_name}
-
-# analysing the diff and returning accordingly
-if [ $added_changelog_entry -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "No new changelog entry detected, please update the ${CHANGELOG_FILE} according to your submited changes!"
-    exit 1
-fi