diff --git a/src/routes/test/sysadmin-test.js b/src/routes/test/sysadmin-test.js
index d976c6e15..e79ad19b8 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/sysadmin-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/sysadmin-test.js
@@ -5,25 +5,16 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var appdb = require('../../appdb.js'),
-    async = require('async'),
+var async = require('async'),
     config = require('../../config.js'),
     database = require('../../database.js'),
     domains = require('../../domains.js'),
+    eventlog = require('../../eventlog.js'),
     expect = require('expect.js'),
-    hock = require('hock'),
-    http = require('http'),
-    MockS3 = require('mock-aws-s3'),
-    os = require('os'),
-    path = require('path'),
-    rimraf = require('rimraf'),
-    s3 = require('../../storage/s3.js'),
-    safe = require('safetydance'),
     server = require('../../server.js'),
     settings = require('../../settings.js'),
     settingsdb = require('../../settingsdb.js'),
-    superagent = require('superagent'),
-    url = require('url');
+    superagent = require('superagent');
 
 const SERVER_URL = 'http://localhost:' + config.get('port');
 
@@ -38,8 +29,6 @@ const DOMAIN_0 = {
     tlsConfig: { provider: 'fallback' }
 };
 
-var ownerId = null;
-
 function setup(done) {
     config._reset();
     config.setFqdn(DOMAIN_0.domain);
@@ -57,75 +46,47 @@ function setup(done) {
                 .end(function (error, result) {
                     expect(result).to.be.ok();
                     expect(result.statusCode).to.eql(201);
-
-                    ownerId = result.body.userId;
-
                     callback();
                 });
         },
 
-        function addApp(callback) {
-            var manifest = { version: '0.0.1', manifestVersion: 1, dockerImage: 'foo', healthCheckPath: '/', httpPort: 3, title: 'ok', addons: { } };
-            appdb.add('appid', 'appStoreId', manifest, 'location', DOMAIN_0.domain, ownerId, [ ] /* portBindings */, { }, callback);
-        },
-
         function createSettings(callback) {
-            MockS3.config.basePath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 's3-sysadmin-test-buckets/');
-
-            s3._mockInject(MockS3);
-
-            safe.fs.mkdirSync('/tmp/box-sysadmin-test');
             settingsdb.set(settings.BACKUP_CONFIG_KEY, JSON.stringify({ provider: 'caas', token: 'BACKUP_TOKEN', fqdn: DOMAIN_0.domain, key: 'key', prefix: 'boxid', format: 'tgz'}), callback);
         }
     ], done);
 }
 
 function cleanup(done) {
-    s3._mockRestore();
-    rimraf.sync(MockS3.config.basePath);
-
     database._clear(function (error) {
         expect(!error).to.be.ok();
-
         server.stop(done);
     });
 }
 
 describe('Internal API', function () {
+    this.timeout(5000);
+
     before(setup);
     after(cleanup);
 
-    var apiHockInstance = hock.createHock({ throwOnUnmatched: false }), apiHockServer;
-
-    before(function (done) {
-        apiHockInstance
-            .post('/api/v1/boxes/' + config.adminDomain() + '/awscredentials?token=BACKUP_TOKEN')
-            .reply(201, { credentials: { AccessKeyId: 'accessKeyId', SecretAccessKey: 'secretAccessKey' } });
-        var port = parseInt(url.parse(config.apiServerOrigin()).port, 10);
-        apiHockServer = http.createServer(apiHockInstance.handler).listen(port, done);
-    });
-
-    after(function (done) {
-        apiHockServer.close();
-        done();
-    });
-
     describe('backup', function () {
         it('succeeds', function (done) {
             superagent.post(config.sysadminOrigin() + '/api/v1/backup')
-                .end(function (error, result) {
-                    expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(202);
+              .end(function (error, result) {
+                expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(202);
 
-                    function checkAppstoreServerCalled() {
-                        apiHockInstance.done(function (error) {
-                            if (!error) return done();
+                function checkBackupStartEvent() {
+                    eventlog.getAllPaged([ eventlog.ACTION_BACKUP_START ], '', 1, 100, function (error, result) {
+                        expect(error).to.equal(null);
 
-                            setTimeout(checkAppstoreServerCalled, 100);
-                        });
-                    }
+                        if (result.length === 0) return setTimeout(checkBackupStartEvent, 1000);
 
-                    checkAppstoreServerCalled();
-                });
+                        done();
+                    });
+                }
+
+                checkBackupStartEvent();
+            });
         });
     });
-});
+});
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