diff --git a/src/tests/verified_chats.rs b/src/tests/verified_chats.rs
index 0c211c2af..427cc3088 100644
--- a/src/tests/verified_chats.rs
+++ b/src/tests/verified_chats.rs
@@ -246,46 +246,6 @@ async fn test_old_message_4() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Alice is offline for some time.
-/// When they come online, first their mvbox is synced and then their inbox.
-/// This test tests that the messages are still in the right order.
-#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
-async fn test_old_message_5() -> Result<()> {
-    let alice = TestContext::new_alice().await;
-    let msg_sent = receive_imf(
-        &alice,
-        b"From: alice@example.org\n\
-          To: Bob <bob@example.net>\n\
-          Message-ID: <1234-2-4@example.org>\n\
-          Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:00:27 +0000\n\
-          \n\
-          Happy birthday, Bob!\n",
-        true,
-    )
-    .await?
-    .unwrap();
-
-    let msg_incoming = receive_imf(
-        &alice,
-        b"From: Bob <bob@example.net>\n\
-          To: alice@example.org\n\
-          Message-ID: <1234-2-3@example.org>\n\
-          Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2019 19:00:26 +0000\n\
-          \n\
-          Happy birthday to me, Alice!\n",
-        false,
-    )
-    .await?
-    .unwrap();
-
-    assert!(msg_sent.sort_timestamp == msg_incoming.sort_timestamp);
-    alice
-        .golden_test_chat(msg_sent.chat_id, "test_old_message_5")
-        .await;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn test_mdn_doesnt_disable_verification() -> Result<()> {
     let mut tcm = TestContextManager::new();
diff --git a/test-data/golden/test_old_message_5 b/test-data/golden/test_old_message_5
deleted file mode 100644
index 92bd8ac86..000000000
--- a/test-data/golden/test_old_message_5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Single#Chat#11001: Bob [bob@example.net] Icon: 4138c52e5bc1c576cda7dd44d088c07.png
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Msg#11001: Me (Contact#Contact#Self): Happy birthday, Bob!  √
-Msg#11002:  (Contact#Contact#11001): Happy birthday to me, Alice! [FRESH]
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