diff --git a/test/test_data/test_caosdb_client.json b/test/test_data/test_caosdb_client.json
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index 276c542f75353090b28918ab0ef9b33f9f0815e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/test_data/test_caosdb_client.json
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "connections": {
-    "default": "local-caosdb",
-    "local-caosdb-admin": {
-      "host": "localhost",
-      "port": 8443,
-      "authentication": {
-        "type": "plain",
-        "username": "admin",
-        "password": "caosdb"
-      }
-    },
-    "local-caosdb": {
-      "host": "localhost",
-      "port": 8443,
-      "authentication": {
-        "type": "plain",
-        "username": "me",
-          "password": "secret!"
-      }
-    },
-    "missing": {
-      "host": "localhost",
-      "port": 8443,
-      "server_certificate_path": "/missing",
-      "authentication": {
-        "type": "plain",
-        "username": "me",
-        "password": "secret!"
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "logging": {
-    "level": "info",
-    "sinks": {
-      "stderr": {
-        "destination": "console"
-      },
-      "file" : {
-        "destination": "file"
-      },
-      "syslog": {
-        "destination": "syslog"
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "extension": {
-    "this is my": "special option"
-  }
-}