diff --git a/client/client_test.go b/client/client_test.go
index 5787183..d36585a 100644
--- a/client/client_test.go
+++ b/client/client_test.go
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package client_test
 
 import (
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/foomo/contentserver/client"
 	"github.com/foomo/contentserver/content"
-	"github.com/foomo/contentserver/pkg/handler"
 	"github.com/foomo/contentserver/pkg/repo"
 	"github.com/foomo/contentserver/pkg/repo/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -165,53 +163,6 @@ func initRepo(tb testing.TB, l *zap.Logger) *repo.Repo {
 	return r
 }
 
-func TestGetRepo_UpdateFails(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Helper()
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	l := zaptest.NewLogger(t)
-
-	// Step 1: create a working repo and let it populate history
-	testRepoServer, varDir := mock.GetMockData(t)
-	historyDir := varDir
-
-	workingRepo := repo.New(l,
-		testRepoServer.URL+"/repo-two-dimensions.json",
-		repo.NewHistory(l, repo.HistoryWithHistoryDir(historyDir)),
-	)
-	go func() {
-		if err := workingRepo.Start(t.Context()); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("workingRepo.Start failed: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Give it time to persist JSON
-	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	// Step 2: create a new repo with a broken upstream, but reusing the same history
-	brokenRepo := repo.New(l,
-		"http://localhost:9999/this-will-fail-non-existent.json", // force failure
-		repo.NewHistory(l, repo.HistoryWithHistoryDir(historyDir)),
-	)
-	go func() {
-		if err := brokenRepo.Start(t.Context()); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("brokenRepo.Start failed: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Step 3: serve it
-	server := httptest.NewServer(handler.NewHTTP(l, brokenRepo))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	client, err := client.NewHTTPClient(server.URL + pathContentserver)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Step 4: trigger GetRepo, which will log warning and fall back to existing file
-	result, err := client.GetRepo(t.Context())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, result, "expected fallback repo content from WriteRepoBytes")
-}
-
 // func dump(t *testing.T, v interface{}) {
 // 	t.Helper()
 // 	jsonBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "	")