diff --git a/unittests/test_apiutils.py b/unittests/test_apiutils.py
index 0294646f6c526230a8e9fb722d56aa23a8f9285c..da8e67fe3fc5ec819fef6121b1d22e8a9fba24a1 100644
--- a/unittests/test_apiutils.py
+++ b/unittests/test_apiutils.py
@@ -25,29 +25,12 @@
 # Test apiutils
 # A. Schlemmer, 02/2018
 
-import pickle
-import tempfile
 
 import caosdb as db
 import caosdb.apiutils
 from caosdb.apiutils import (apply_to_ids, compare_entities, create_id_query,
                              resolve_reference)
 
-from .test_property import testrecord
-
-
-def test_convert_object():
-    r2 = db.apiutils.convert_to_python_object(testrecord)
-    assert r2.species == "Rabbit"
-
-
-def test_pickle_object():
-    r2 = db.apiutils.convert_to_python_object(testrecord)
-    with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as f:
-        pickle.dump(r2, f)
-        f.seek(0)
-        rn2 = pickle.load(f)
-    assert r2.date == rn2.date
 
 
 def test_apply_to_ids():
@@ -230,3 +213,4 @@ def test_compare_special_properties():
             assert diff_r2[key] == 2
         assert len(diff_r1["properties"]) == 0
         assert len(diff_r2["properties"]) == 0
+