diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 9331e9a19..ca9a4d8b1 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ function sync(backupConfig, backupId, dataDir, callback) {
         } else if (task.operation === 'removedir') {
             safe.fs.writeFileSync(paths.BACKUP_RESULT_FILE, 'Removing directory ' + task.path);
             api(backupConfig.provider).removeDir(backupConfig, backupFilePath, iteratorCallback);
-        } else if (task.operation === 'mkdir') { // unused
-            safe.fs.writeFileSync(paths.BACKUP_RESULT_FILE, 'Adding directory ' + task.path);
         }
     }, 10 /* concurrency */, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, error.message));
diff --git a/src/syncer.js b/src/syncer.js
index ee8a0826c..5c23f1331 100644
--- a/src/syncer.js
+++ b/src/syncer.js
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ function sync(dir, taskProcessor, concurrency, callback) {
     function traverse(relpath) {
         var entries = readTree(path.join(dir, relpath));
 
-        // addQueue.push({ operation: 'mkdir', path: relpath });
         for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
             var entryPath = path.join(relpath, entries[i].name);
             var entryStat = entries[i].stat;
diff --git a/src/test/backups-test.js b/src/test/backups-test.js
index c0bc2dd1b..086e099e6 100644
--- a/src/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/test/backups-test.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
         };
 
         it('succeeds without backups', function (done) {
-            backups.cleanup(done);
+            backups.cleanup({ username: 'test' }, done);
         });
 
         it('succeeds with box backups, keeps latest', function (done) {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
             }, function (error) {
                 expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
-                backups.cleanup(function (error) {
+                backups.cleanup({ username: 'test' }, function (error) {
                     expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
                     backupdb.getByTypePaged(backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_BOX, 1, 1000, function (error, result) {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
         });
 
         it('does not remove expired backups if only one left', function (done) {
-            backups.cleanup(function (error) {
+            backups.cleanup({ username: 'test' }, function (error) {
                 expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
                 backupdb.getByTypePaged(backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_BOX, 1, 1000, function (error, result) {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ describe('backups', function () {
 
                 // wait for expiration
                 setTimeout(function () {
-                    backups.cleanup(function (error) {
+                    backups.cleanup({ username: 'test' }, function (error) {
                         expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
                         backupdb.getByTypePaged(backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_APP, 1, 1000, function (error, result) {
diff --git a/src/test/storage-test.js b/src/test/storage-test.js
index 54c56069c..beda5eb27 100644
--- a/src/test/storage-test.js
+++ b/src/test/storage-test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
     MockS3 = require('mock-aws-s3'),
     os = require('os'),
     path = require('path'),
+    progress = require('../progress.js'),
     readdirp = require('readdirp'),
     rimraf = require('rimraf'),
     s3 = require('../storage/s3.js'),
@@ -303,6 +304,8 @@ describe('Storage', function () {
 
         it('can copy backup', function (done) {
             // will be verified after removing the first and restoring from the copy
+            progress.set(progress.BACKUP, 10,  'Testing');
+
             s3.copy(gBackupConfig, gBackupId_1, gBackupId_2, done);
         });