diff --git a/test/TestPlayBook.py b/test/TestPlayBook.py
index 9fed4319871..8a4ceb95843 100644
--- a/test/TestPlayBook.py
+++ b/test/TestPlayBook.py
@@ -144,47 +144,6 @@ class TestPlaybook(unittest.TestCase):
        result = self.playbook.run()
        return result
 
-   def test_one(self):
-       pb = 'test/playbook1.yml'
-       actual = self._run(pb)
-
-       expected =  {
-            "localhost": {
-                "changed": 9,
-                "failures": 0,
-                "ok": 11,
-                "skipped": 1,
-                "unreachable": 0
-            }
-       }
-
-       assert utils.jsonify(expected, format=True) == utils.jsonify(actual,format=True)
-
-       # make sure the template module took options from the vars section
-       data = file('/tmp/ansible_test_data_template.out').read()
-       assert data.find("ears") != -1, "template success"
-
-   def test_task_includes(self):
-       pb = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'task-includer.yml')
-       actual = self._run(pb)
-
-       # if different, this will output to screen
-       print "**ACTUAL**"
-       print utils.jsonify(actual, format=True)
-       expected =  {
-           "localhost": {
-               "changed": 0,
-               "failures": 0,
-               "ok": 1,
-               "skipped": 0,
-               "unreachable": 0
-           }
-       }
-       print "**EXPECTED**"
-       print utils.jsonify(expected, format=True)
-
-       assert utils.jsonify(expected, format=True) == utils.jsonify(actual,format=True)
-
    def test_playbook_vars(self):
        test_callbacks = TestCallbacks()
        playbook = ansible.playbook.PlayBook(
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.py b/test/TestUtils.py
index 4f5c97bc88a..4c8f681f09a 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.py
+++ b/test/TestUtils.py
@@ -277,17 +277,6 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         res = template2.template(None, template, vars)
         assert res == 'result'
 
-    def test_template_varReplace_iterated(self):
-        template = 'hello $who'
-        vars = {
-            'who': 'oh great $person',
-            'person': 'one',
-        }
-
-        res = template2.template(None, template, vars)
-
-        assert res == u'hello oh great one'
-
     def test_varReplace_include(self):
         template = 'hello $FILE(world) $LOOKUP(file, $filename)'
 
diff --git a/test/playbook1.yml b/test/playbook1.yml
index d345d7428d9..f2c3436c783 100644
--- a/test/playbook1.yml
+++ b/test/playbook1.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     action: command true
 
   - name: test basic shell, plus two ways to dereference a variable
-    action: shell echo {{HOME}} {{port}}
+    action: shell echo {{port}}
 
   - name: test vars_files imports
     action: shell echo {{duck}} {{cow}} {{testing}}
@@ -38,18 +38,6 @@
     notify:
     - on change 1
 
-# this should trigger two change handlers, but the 2nd should
-# not be triggered twice because it's already triggered
-
-  - name: test template
-    action: template src={{item}} dest=/tmp/ansible_test_data_template.out
-    first_available_file:
-    - nonexistantfile
-    - sample.j2
-    notify:
-    - on change 1
-    - on change 2
-
 # there should be various poll events within the range
 
   - name: async poll test
diff --git a/test/task-included.yml b/test/task-included.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c68a120741..00000000000
--- a/test/task-included.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-- action: debug msg="$internal"
diff --git a/test/task-includer.yml b/test/task-includer.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b728827f72b..00000000000
--- a/test/task-includer.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-- hosts: all
-  connection: local
-  gather_facts: no
-  vars:
-  - internal: xyz
-
-  tasks:
-  - include: task-included.yml internal=$internal