diff --git a/end-to-end-tests/test_crawler.py b/end-to-end-tests/test_crawler.py
index 66e73a6b77acc7249d25cd96147ab053f3422139..b507584257e542436675ec0734fa419736ab678c 100644
--- a/end-to-end-tests/test_crawler.py
+++ b/end-to-end-tests/test_crawler.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from ruqad.crawler import trigger_crawler
 
 DATADIR = Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "crawler_data"
+BROKEN_DATADIR = Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "broken_crawler_data"
 
 
 def test_crawl(capsys):
@@ -63,3 +64,14 @@ def test_crawl(capsys):
         assert type(qc[d].get_property("numPassingChecks").value) == int
         assert qc[d].get_property("numTotalChecks").value == total
         assert qc[d].get_property("numPassingChecks").value == passed
+#
+#
+# def test_broken_metadata():
+#     print(f"\nData directory: {BROKEN_DATADIR}")
+#     print(os.listdir(BROKEN_DATADIR))
+#
+#     retval, ent_qc = trigger_crawler(os.fspath(BROKEN_DATADIR))
+#
+#     # stdout, stderr = capsys.readouterr()
+#
+#     assert not retval
diff --git a/pylinkahead.ini b/pylinkahead.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index fb782ac7944295c18eff64df8698a497adf2ef1d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/pylinkahead.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# The INI file must be located either in
-# - $CWD/pylinkahead.ini
-# - $HOME/.pylinkahead.ini
-# - the location given in the env variable PYLINKAHEADINI
-
-[Connection]
-# url=https://demo.indiscale.com/
-url=https://localhost:10443/
-
-## If this option is set, the SSL certificate will be ignored.  Use with care!
-ssl_insecure=1
-
-username=admin
-
-## The password input method can be chosen with the `password_method` setting,
-## which by default is set to `plain`.
-##
-## DEFAULT: the password method is `plain`, now the password must be saved as
-## plain text.
-password_method=input
-# password=caosdb
-
-
-## OR: `input`: username is optional, password is entered by the user directly
-# password_method=input
-
-## OR: `pass`: password is retrieved from the "pass" password manager
-# password_method=pass
-# password_identifier=...
-
-## OR: `keyring`: using the system keyring/wallet (macOS, GNOME, KDE, Windows)
-## requires installation of the keyring python package:
-## pip install keyring
-# password_method=keyring
-
-timeout=10000
-