diff --git a/UnitTests/HttpInterface/api-users-spec.rb b/UnitTests/HttpInterface/api-users-spec.rb
index 0f9874251d..6cd37791b2 100644
--- a/UnitTests/HttpInterface/api-users-spec.rb
+++ b/UnitTests/HttpInterface/api-users-spec.rb
@@ -141,17 +141,6 @@ describe ArangoDB do
         doc.parsed_response['errorNum'].should eq(1700)
       end
     
-      it "add user, empty username, old API" do
-        body = "{ \"username\" : \"\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-
-        doc.code.should eq(400)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(true)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(400)
-        doc.parsed_response['errorNum'].should eq(1700)
-      end
-      
       it "add user, empty username" do
         body = "{ \"user\" : \"\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
         doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
@@ -163,23 +152,6 @@ describe ArangoDB do
         doc.parsed_response['errorNum'].should eq(1700)
       end
     
-      it "add user, no passwd, old API" do
-        body = "{ \"username\" : \"users-1\" }"
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-
-        doc.code.should eq(201)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(201)
-
-        doc = ArangoDB.get(api + "/users-1")
-        doc.code.should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['user'].should eq("users-1")
-        doc.parsed_response['active'].should eq(true)
-      end
-      
       it "add user, no passwd" do
         body = "{ \"user\" : \"users-1\" }"
         doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
@@ -197,23 +169,6 @@ describe ArangoDB do
         doc.parsed_response['active'].should eq(true)
       end
     
-      it "add user, username and passwd, old API" do
-        body = "{ \"username\" : \"users-1\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-
-        doc.code.should eq(201)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(201)
-        
-        doc = ArangoDB.get(api + "/users-1")
-        doc.code.should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['user'].should eq("users-1")
-        doc.parsed_response['active'].should eq(true)
-      end
-      
       it "add user, username and passwd" do
         body = "{ \"user\" : \"users-1\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
         doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
@@ -231,24 +186,6 @@ describe ArangoDB do
         doc.parsed_response['active'].should eq(true)
       end
       
-      it "add user, username passwd, active, extra, old API" do
-        body = "{ \"username\" : \"users-2\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\", \"active\" : false, \"extra\" : { \"foo\" : true } }"
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-
-        doc.code.should eq(201)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(201)
-        
-        doc = ArangoDB.get(api + "/users-2")
-        doc.code.should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(200)
-        doc.parsed_response['user'].should eq("users-2")
-        doc.parsed_response['active'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['extra'].should eq({ "foo" => true })
-      end
-    
       it "add user, username passwd, active, extra" do
         body = "{ \"user\" : \"users-2\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\", \"active\" : false, \"extra\" : { \"foo\" : true } }"
         doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
@@ -267,24 +204,6 @@ describe ArangoDB do
         doc.parsed_response['extra'].should eq({ "foo" => true })
       end
       
-      it "add user, duplicate username, old API" do
-        body = "{ \"username\" : \"users-1\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-
-        doc.code.should eq(201)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(false)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(201)
-      
-        doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)
-  
-        doc.code.should eq(400)
-        doc.headers['content-type'].should eq("application/json; charset=utf-8")
-        doc.parsed_response['error'].should eq(true)
-        doc.parsed_response['code'].should eq(400)
-        doc.parsed_response['errorNum'].should eq(1702)
-      end
-    
       it "add user, duplicate username" do
         body = "{ \"user\" : \"users-1\", \"passwd\" : \"fox\" }"
         doc = ArangoDB.log_post("#{prefix}-add", api, :body => body)