diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 62d750506..743804c8b 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all:
 export PERLLIB=..
 
 .PHONY: check
-check: test-replication test-balloon test-vzdump-notification test-vzdump test-osd
+check: test-replication test-balloon test-vzdump test-osd
 
 .PHONY: test-balloon
 test-balloon:
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ test-replication: replication1.t replication2.t replication3.t replication4.t re
 replication%.t: replication_test%.pl
 	./$<
 
-.PHONY: test-vzdump-notification
-test-vzdump-notification:
-	./vzdump_notification_test.pl
-
 .PHONY: test-vzdump
 test-vzdump: test-vzdump-guest-included test-vzdump-new
 
diff --git a/test/vzdump_notification_test.pl b/test/vzdump_notification_test.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 631606bbf..000000000
--- a/test/vzdump_notification_test.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use lib '..';
-
-use Test::More tests => 3;
-use Test::MockModule;
-
-use PVE::VZDump;
-
-my $STATUS = qr/.*status.*/;
-my $NO_LOGFILE = qr/.*Could not open log file.*/;
-my $LOG_TOO_LONG = qr/.*Log output was too long.*/;
-my $TEST_FILE_PATH       = '/tmp/mail_test';
-my $TEST_FILE_WRONG_PATH = '/tmp/mail_test_wrong';
-
-sub prepare_mail_with_status {
-    open(TEST_FILE, '>', $TEST_FILE_PATH); # Removes previous content
-    print TEST_FILE "start of log file\n";
-    print TEST_FILE "status: 0\% this should not be in the mail\n";
-    print TEST_FILE "status: 55\% this should not be in the mail\n";
-    print TEST_FILE "status: 100\% this should not be in the mail\n";
-    print TEST_FILE "end of log file\n";
-    close(TEST_FILE);
-}
-
-sub prepare_long_mail {
-    open(TEST_FILE, '>', $TEST_FILE_PATH); # Removes previous content
-    # 0.5 MB * 2 parts + the overview tables gives more than 1 MB mail
-    print TEST_FILE "a" x (1024*1024);
-    close(TEST_FILE);
-}
-
-my $result_text;
-my $result_properties;
-
-my $mock_notification_module = Test::MockModule->new('PVE::Notify');
-my $mocked_notify = sub {
-    my ($severity, $title, $text, $properties, $metadata) = @_;
-
-    $result_text = $text;
-    $result_properties = $properties;
-};
-my $mocked_notify_short = sub {
-    my (@params) = @_;
-    return $mocked_notify->('<some severity>', @params);
-};
-
-$mock_notification_module->mock(
-    'notify' => $mocked_notify,
-    'info' => $mocked_notify_short,
-    'notice' => $mocked_notify_short,
-    'warning' => $mocked_notify_short,
-    'error' => $mocked_notify_short,
-);
-$mock_notification_module->mock('cfs_read_file', sub {
-    my $path = shift;
-
-    if ($path eq 'datacenter.cfg') {
-        return {};
-    } elsif ($path eq 'notifications.cfg' || $path eq 'priv/notifications.cfg') {
-        return '';
-    } else {
-	die "unexpected cfs_read_file\n";
-    }
-});
-
-my $MAILTO = ['test_address@proxmox.com'];
-my $SELF = {
-    opts => { mailto => $MAILTO },
-    cmdline => 'test_command_on_cli',
-};
-
-my $task = { state => 'ok', vmid => '100', };
-my $tasklist;
-sub prepare_test {
-    $result_text = undef;
-    $task->{tmplog} = shift;
-    $tasklist = [ $task ];
-}
-
-{
-    prepare_test($TEST_FILE_WRONG_PATH);
-    PVE::VZDump::send_notification($SELF, $tasklist, 0, undef, undef, undef);
-    like($result_properties->{logs}, $NO_LOGFILE, "Missing logfile is detected");
-}
-{
-    prepare_test($TEST_FILE_PATH);
-    prepare_mail_with_status();
-    PVE::VZDump::send_notification($SELF, $tasklist, 0, undef, undef, undef);
-    unlike($result_properties->{"status-text"}, $STATUS, "Status are not in text part of mails");
-}
-{
-    prepare_test($TEST_FILE_PATH);
-    prepare_long_mail();
-    PVE::VZDump::send_notification($SELF, $tasklist, 0, undef, undef, undef);
-    like($result_properties->{logs}, $LOG_TOO_LONG, "Text part of mails gets shortened");
-}
-unlink $TEST_FILE_PATH;