diff --git a/airos/airos8.py b/airos/airos8.py
index 97b7c24..1c164c3 100644
--- a/airos/airos8.py
+++ b/airos/airos8.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async def login(self) -> bool:
             logger.exception("Error during login")
             raise DeviceConnectionError from err
 
-    async def status(self, return_json: bool = False) -> dict | AirOSData:
+    async def status(self) -> AirOSData:
         """Retrieve status from the device."""
         if not self.connected:
             logger.error("Not connected, login first")
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ async def status(self, return_json: bool = False) -> dict | AirOSData:
                                     log = f"AirOS data warning for field '{field_name}': {msg}"
                                     logger.warning(log)
 
-                        if return_json:
-                            return response_json
                         return airos_data
                     except json.JSONDecodeError:
                         logger.exception(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 862c528..4eb10fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name            = "airos"
-version         = "0.1.2"
+version         = "0.1.3"
 license         = "MIT"
 description     = "Ubiquity airOS module(s) for Python 3."
 readme          = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_stations.py b/tests/test_stations.py
index 65c10b1..8f32a7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_stations.py
+++ b/tests/test_stations.py
@@ -26,41 +26,6 @@ async def _read_fixture(fixture: str = "ap-ptp"):
         pytest.fail(f"Invalid JSON in fixture file {path}: {e}")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["ap-ptp", "sta-ptp"])
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_ap_json(airos_device, base_url, mode):
-    """Test device operation."""
-    cookie = SimpleCookie()
-    cookie["session_id"] = "test-cookie"
-    cookie["AIROS_TOKEN"] = "abc123"
-
-    # --- Prepare fake POST /api/auth response with cookies ---
-    mock_login_response = MagicMock()
-    mock_login_response.__aenter__.return_value = mock_login_response
-    mock_login_response.text = AsyncMock(return_value="{}")
-    mock_login_response.status = 200
-    mock_login_response.cookies = cookie
-    mock_login_response.headers = {"X-CSRF-ID": "test-csrf-token"}
-    # --- Prepare fake GET /api/status response ---
-    fixture_data = await _read_fixture(mode)
-    mock_status_payload = fixture_data
-    mock_status_response = MagicMock()
-    mock_status_response.__aenter__.return_value = mock_status_response
-    mock_status_response.text = AsyncMock(return_value=json.dumps(fixture_data))
-    mock_status_response.status = 200
-    mock_status_response.json = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_status_payload)
-
-    with (
-        patch.object(airos_device.session, "post", return_value=mock_login_response),
-        patch.object(airos_device.session, "get", return_value=mock_status_response),
-    ):
-        assert await airos_device.login()
-        status = await airos_device.status(return_json=True)
-
-        # Verify the fixture returns the correct mode
-        assert status.get("wireless", {}).get("mode") == mode
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["ap-ptp", "sta-ptp"])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_ap_object(airos_device, base_url, mode):