diff --git a/test/test_connection.cpp b/test/test_connection.cpp
index b21b1bacb8bb8e44a0636990643999e033f02a4a..39f1bfc28ce4c21c60edc70badf842e090b7bd6f 100644
--- a/test/test_connection.cpp
+++ b/test/test_connection.cpp
@@ -49,24 +49,16 @@ TEST(test_connection, connect_somehost_42347_fails) {
 
 TEST(test_connection, connection_caosdb_server_insecure_success) {
   int port = 8080;
-  std::cout << "HERE1\n";
   const std::string host = caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_SERVER_HOST", "localhost");
-  EXPECT_EQ(host, "localhost");
-  std::cout << "HERE2\n";
   int major = 0;
   int minor = 5;
   int patch = 0;
-  std::cout << "HERE3\n";
 
   auto config = std::make_shared<caosdb::InsecureCaosDBConnectionConfig>(host, port);
-  std::cout << "HERE4\n";
   auto connection = caosdb::CaosDBConnection(config);
 
-  std::cout << "HERE5\n";
   auto v_info = connection.getVersionInfo();
-  std::cout << "HERE6\n";
   ASSERT_EQ(major, v_info.major());
-  std::cout << "HERE7\n";
   ASSERT_EQ(minor, v_info.minor());
 }
 
@@ -80,9 +72,9 @@ TEST(test_connection, connection_caosdb_server_ssl_success) {
 
   auto ssloptions = std::make_shared<caosdb::PemFileCACertProvider>(path);
   auto config = std::make_shared<caosdb::SslCaosDBConnectionConfig>(host, port, ssloptions);
-  auto connection = std::make_unique<caosdb::CaosDBConnection>(config);
+  auto connection = caosdb::CaosDBConnection(config);
 
-  auto v_info = connection->getVersionInfo();
+  auto v_info = connection.getVersionInfo();
   ASSERT_EQ(major, v_info.major());
   ASSERT_EQ(minor, v_info.minor());
 }