diff --git a/amivapi/tests/test_ldap.py b/amivapi/tests/test_ldap.py
index cc7133fac05c97de1b8c9308c232765502c53f30..7b466592f23f65444df87aac75e9897fa1a51572 100644
--- a/amivapi/tests/test_ldap.py
+++ b/amivapi/tests/test_ldap.py
@@ -203,59 +203,6 @@ class LdapTest(WebTestNoAuth):
         # User exists now
         self.api.get('/users/%s' % new_user['nethz'], status_code=200)
 
-    def test_update_user(self):
-        """Test the 'patch' part of _create_or_patch_user."""
-        # The user is in the database. Now change a few things and verify
-        # patch with original data does the correct thing
-        tests = (
-            # (field, db_value, ldap_value, change_expected)
-            ('firstname', 'old', 'new', True),
-            ('lastname', 'old', 'new', True),
-            ('department', 'mavt', 'itet', True),
-            ('legi', '76543210', '01234567', True),
-            # Membership is only upgraded
-            ('membership', 'none', 'regular', True),
-            ('membership', 'regular', 'none', False),
-            ('membership', 'honorary', 'regular', False),
-            ('membership', 'honorary', 'none', False),
-            ('membership', 'extraordinary', 'regular', False),
-            ('membership', 'extraordinary', 'none', False),
-            # email will not be changed
-            ('email', 'old@mail.de', 'new@mail.de', False)
-        )
-
-        for ind, (field, db_value, ldap_value, change) in enumerate(tests):
-            # Create a new user for every test
-            self.new_object('users', nethz=str(ind), **{field: db_value})
-            ldap_data = {'nethz': str(ind), field: ldap_value}
-
-            with self.app.test_request_context():
-                result = ldap._create_or_update_user(ldap_data)
-
-            if change:
-                self.assertEqual(result[field], ldap_value)
-            else:
-                self.assertEqual(result[field], db_value)
-
-    def test_upgrade_membership(self):
-        # Insert non-member and upgrade by ldap later
-        user = self.api.post('/users', data={
-            'nethz': 'pablo',
-            'email': 'pablo@ethz.ch',  # this will be auto-generated
-            'firstname': 'P',
-            'lastname': 'Ablo',
-            'department': 'itet',
-            'membership': 'none',
-            'legi': '01234567',
-            'send_newsletter': False,
-        }, status_code=201).json
-        self.assertFalse(user['send_newsletter'])
-
-        with self.app.test_request_context():
-            result = ldap._create_or_update_user(self.fake_filtered_data())
-
-        self.assertTrue(result['send_newsletter'])
-
     def test_search(self):
         """Test that ldap is correctly queried."""
         test_query = "äüáíðáßðöó"