diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a52161c2a3..ee3db0e4a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 /sitemgr/
 /stylite/
 /swool/
+/test/
 /tracker/
 /usage/
 /vendor/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13b4b22078..fe832cd0fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,19 +8,12 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jquery": "^3.5.5",
     "@types/jqueryui": "^1.12.14",
-    "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "grunt": "^1.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "^2.2.1",
     "grunt-newer": "^1.3.0",
     "grunt-terser": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-ts": "^6.0.0-beta.22",
-    "jsdom": "16.4.0",
-    "mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "terser": "^4.8.0",
     "typescript": "^3.9.7"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha",
-    "debug-test": "mocha --inspect-brk"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/loginSpec.js b/test/loginSpec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b548cfa1f..0000000000
--- a/test/loginSpec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-let expect = require('chai').expect;
-const { JSDOM } = require('jsdom'),
-
-// the file I will be loading
-	uri = 'https://boulder.egroupware.org/egroupware/login.php',
-
-// the options that I will be giving to jsdom
-	options = {
-		runScripts: 'dangerously',	// 'outside-only' does NOT work for scripts in the loaded page!
-		resources: 'usable'
-	};
-
-// load from an external file
-describe('EGroupware login-page', function() {
-	it('Should load egw object', function() {
-		debugger
-		return JSDOM.fromURL(uri, options).then(function (dom) {
-			let window = dom.window,
-				document = window.document;
-			expect(document.querySelectorAll('form')).key(0);
-			expect(document.querySelectorAll('form')[0].action).to.be.a('string').and.satisfy(msg => msg.startsWith(uri));
-			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-				window.onload = resolve;
-			}).then(function() {
-				console.log('Window loaded :)');
-				return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-					window.egw_LAB.wait(function() {
-						console.log('Async script-loading / egw_LAB done :)')
-						resolve(window.egw);
-					});
-				})
-			});
-		}).then(function(egw) {
-			expect(egw.webserverUrl).equal('/egroupware', 'egw.webserverURL !== "/egroupware"');
-			expect(egw.lang('Test12345 %1', 'success')).to.equal('Test12345 success');
-			egw.window.close();
-		})
-	})
-})