diff --git a/st2actions/tests/unit/test_async_runner.py b/st2actions/tests/unit/test_async_runner.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 31258fae4e..0000000000
--- a/st2actions/tests/unit/test_async_runner.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 The StackStorm Authors.
-# Copyright 2019 Extreme Networks, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except:
-    import json
-
-from st2common.runners.base import AsyncActionRunner
-from st2common.constants.action import LIVEACTION_STATUS_RUNNING
-
-RAISE_PROPERTY = "raise"
-
-
-def get_runner():
-    return AsyncTestRunner()
-
-
-class AsyncTestRunner(AsyncActionRunner):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(AsyncTestRunner, self).__init__(runner_id="1")
-        self.pre_run_called = False
-        self.run_called = False
-        self.post_run_called = False
-
-    def pre_run(self):
-        self.pre_run_called = True
-
-    def run(self, action_params):
-        self.run_called = True
-        result = {}
-        if self.runner_parameters.get(RAISE_PROPERTY, False):
-            raise Exception("Raise required.")
-        else:
-            result = {"ran": True, "action_params": action_params}
-
-        return (LIVEACTION_STATUS_RUNNING, json.dumps(result), {"id": "foo"})
-
-    def post_run(self, status, result):
-        self.post_run_called = True
diff --git a/st2actions/tests/unit/test_polling_async_runner.py b/st2actions/tests/unit/test_polling_async_runner.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c48bb9aa67..0000000000
--- a/st2actions/tests/unit/test_polling_async_runner.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 The StackStorm Authors.
-# Copyright 2019 Extreme Networks, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except:
-    import json
-
-from st2common.runners.base import PollingAsyncActionRunner
-from st2common.constants.action import LIVEACTION_STATUS_RUNNING
-
-RAISE_PROPERTY = "raise"
-
-
-def get_runner():
-    return PollingAsyncTestRunner()
-
-
-class PollingAsyncTestRunner(PollingAsyncActionRunner):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(PollingAsyncTestRunner, self).__init__(runner_id="1")
-        self.pre_run_called = False
-        self.run_called = False
-        self.post_run_called = False
-
-    def pre_run(self):
-        self.pre_run_called = True
-
-    def run(self, action_params):
-        self.run_called = True
-        result = {}
-        if self.runner_parameters.get(RAISE_PROPERTY, False):
-            raise Exception("Raise required.")
-        else:
-            result = {"ran": True, "action_params": action_params}
-
-        return (LIVEACTION_STATUS_RUNNING, json.dumps(result), {"id": "foo"})
-
-    def post_run(self, status, result):
-        self.post_run_called = True