diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_auth.py b/src/documents/tests/test_auth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 82b586f7b..000000000
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_auth.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.test import override_settings, Client, modify_settings, TestCase
-
-
-class TestRemoteUserAuthentication(TestCase):
-
-    def test_no_remote_user_auth(self):
-        client = Client()
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_REMOTE_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_X_FORWARDED_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-    @modify_settings(
-        MIDDLEWARE={
-            'append': 'paperless.auth.HttpRemoteUserMiddleware'
-        },
-        AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS={
-            'prepend': 'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend'
-        }
-    )
-    def test_standard_remote_user_auth(self):
-        client = Client()
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_X_FORWARDED_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        self.assertFalse(User.objects.filter(username="someone").exists())
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_REMOTE_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-
-        self.assertTrue(User.objects.filter(username="someone").exists())
-
-    @modify_settings(
-        MIDDLEWARE={
-            'append': 'paperless.auth.HttpRemoteUserMiddleware'
-        },
-        AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS={
-            'prepend': 'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend'
-        }
-    )
-    @override_settings(HTTP_REMOTE_USER_HEADER_NAME="HTTP_X_FORWARDED_USER")
-    def test_custom_remote_user_auth(self):
-        client = Client()
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_REMOTE_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
-
-        self.assertFalse(User.objects.filter(username="someone").exists())
-
-        response = client.get("/api/documents/", HTTP_X_FORWARDED_USER="someone")
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-
-        self.assertTrue(User.objects.filter(username="someone").exists())