diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a705d3f..0000000
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import Mock
-from tap_jira import Client
-from requests.models import Response
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
-
-class TestBackoffOccurs(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Force send to return a response with a 500
-        server_error = Response()
-        server_error.status_code = 500
-        Client.send = Mock(return_value=server_error)
-
-    def test_retries_on_500(self):
-        client = Client({})
-        with self.assertRaises(HTTPError):
-            client.request("issues")
-        self.assertGreater(Client.send.call_count, 0)