diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6651de73..00000000
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package client_test
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/client"
-)
-
-// use at the start to ensure testContext[0, 1, ..., amnt-1] exist and
-// testContextFail[0, 1, ..., failAmnt-1] don't exist
-func ensureTestState(amnt, failAmnt int) error {
-	for i := 0; i < amnt; i++ {
-		err := client.CreateContext(fmt.Sprintf("testContext%d", i), "", "")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < failAmnt; i++ {
-		if _, er := client.GetContext(fmt.Sprintf("testContextFail%d", i)); er == nil {
-			err := client.DeleteContext(fmt.Sprintf("testContextFail%d", i))
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
-	err := ensureTestState(1, 1)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Couldn't ensure existence/nonexistence of contexts: %s", err)
-	}
-	contextName := "testContext0"
-	_, err = client.New(contextName)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("couldn't initialise a new client with context %s: %s", contextName, err)
-	}
-	contextName = "testContextFail0"
-	_, err = client.New(contextName)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("client.New(\"testContextFail0\") should have failed but didn't return an error")
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/pkg/client/context_test.go b/pkg/client/context_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a8df8077..00000000
--- a/pkg/client/context_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package client_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/client"
-	contextPkg "coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/context"
-	dContext "github.com/docker/cli/cli/context"
-	dCliContextStore "github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/store"
-)
-
-type TestContext struct {
-	context           dCliContextStore.Metadata
-	expected_endpoint string
-}
-
-func dockerContext(host, key string) TestContext {
-	dockerContext := dCliContextStore.Metadata{
-		Name:     "foo",
-		Metadata: nil,
-		Endpoints: map[string]interface{}{
-			key: dContext.EndpointMetaBase{
-				Host:          host,
-				SkipTLSVerify: false,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	return TestContext{
-		context:           dockerContext,
-		expected_endpoint: host,
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCreateContext(t *testing.T) {
-	err := client.CreateContext("testContext0", "wronguser", "wrongport")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("client.CreateContext(\"testContextCreate\", \"wronguser\", \"wrongport\") should have failed but didn't return an error")
-	}
-	err = client.CreateContext("testContext0", "", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Couldn't create context: %s", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeleteContext(t *testing.T) {
-	ensureTestState(1, 1)
-	err := client.DeleteContext("default")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("client.DeleteContext(\"default\") should have failed but didn't return an error")
-	}
-
-	err = client.DeleteContext("testContext0")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("client.DeleteContext(\"testContext0\") failed: %s", err)
-	}
-	err = client.DeleteContext("testContextFail0")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("client.DeleteContext(\"testContextFail0\") should have failed (attempt to delete non-existent context) but didn't return an error")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetContextEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
-	var testDockerContexts = []TestContext{
-		dockerContext("ssh://foobar", "docker"),
-		dockerContext("ssh://foobar", "k8"),
-	}
-	for _, context := range testDockerContexts {
-		endpoint, err := contextPkg.GetContextEndpoint(context.context)
-		if err != nil {
-			if err.Error() != "context lacks Docker endpoint" {
-				t.Error(err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			if endpoint != context.expected_endpoint {
-				t.Errorf("did not get correct context endpoint. Expected: %s, received: %s", context.expected_endpoint, endpoint)
-			}
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}