diff --git a/src/test/server-test.js b/src/test/server-test.js
index 0a4f50c22..67f45ae59 100644
--- a/src/test/server-test.js
+++ b/src/test/server-test.js
@@ -215,31 +215,6 @@ describe('Server', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('rate limit', function () {
-        before(function (done) {
-            server.start(done);
-        });
-
-        after(function (done) {
-            server.stop(done);
-            nock.cleanAll();
-        });
-
-        it('gets throttled after 200 requests', function (done) {
-            async.times(200, function (n, next) {
-                superagent.get(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/cloudron/status', function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(200);
-                    next();
-                });
-            }, function () {
-                superagent.get(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/cloudron/status', function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(429);
-                    done();
-                });
-            });
-        });
-    });
-
     describe('cors', function () {
         before(function (done) {
             server.start(function (error) {