diff --git a/tests/phpunit-pgsql.xml b/tests/phpunit-pgsql.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 148ac2e70..000000000
--- a/tests/phpunit-pgsql.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/9.3/phpunit.xsd" bootstrap="../boot.php" forceCoversAnnotation="false" beStrictAboutCoversAnnotation="true" beStrictAboutOutputDuringTests="true" beStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests="true" verbose="true">
-  <coverage processUncoveredFiles="true">
-    <include>
-      <directory suffix=".php">../Zotlabs/</directory>
-      <directory suffix=".php">../include/</directory>
-    </include>
-    <report>
-      <html outputDirectory="./results/coverage-report/" lowUpperBound="35" highLowerBound="70"/>
-    </report>
-  </coverage>
-  <testsuites>
-    <testsuite name="Hubzilla default Test Suite">
-      <directory suffix="Test.php">./unit/</directory>
-    </testsuite>
-    <testsuite name="API Test Suite">
-      <directory suffix="Test.php" prefix="API">./unit/</directory>
-    </testsuite>
-  </testsuites>
-  <groups>
-    <exclude>
-      <group>mysql</group>
-    </exclude>
-  </groups>
-  <!--coverage reporting-->
-  <logging>
-    <junit outputFile="./results/junit.xml"/>
-    <!--<log type="coverage-clover" target="./results/coverage-clover.xml"/>-->
-    <!--<log type="testdox-text" target="./results/testdox.txt"/>-->
-    <testdoxHtml outputFile="./results/testdox.html"/>
-  </logging>
-  <php>
-    <!-- Default test database config, only used if no environment variables
-             with same names are set.
-             !!! Never run against a real database, it will truncate all tables -->
-    <env name="hz_db_server" value="postgres"/>
-    <env name="hz_db_scheme" value="pgsql"/>
-    <env name="hz_db_port" value="5432"/>
-    <env name="hz_db_user" value="ci-user"/>
-    <env name="hz_db_pass" value="ci-pass"/>
-    <env name="hz_db_database" value="ci-db"/>
-  </php>
-</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/phpunit.xml.dist b/tests/phpunit.xml.dist
deleted file mode 100644
index 97c84fb81..000000000
--- a/tests/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/6.0/phpunit.xsd"
-         bootstrap="../boot.php"
-         forceCoversAnnotation="false"
-         beStrictAboutCoversAnnotation="true"
-         beStrictAboutOutputDuringTests="true"
-         beStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests="true"
-         verbose="true">
-    <testsuite name="Hubzilla default Test Suite">
-        <directory suffix="Test.php">./unit/</directory>
-    </testsuite>
-    <testsuite name="API Test Suite">
-        <directory suffix="Test.php" prefix="API">./unit/</directory>
-    </testsuite>
-    <testsuite name="Ex-/Import Test Suite">
-        <!--<directory suffix="Test.php">./unit/eximport/</directory>-->
-    </testsuite>
-    <groups>
-        <exclude>
-            <group>postgresql</group>
-        </exclude>
-    </groups>
-    <!--cover reporting-->
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
-            <directory suffix=".php">../Zotlabs/</directory>
-            <directory suffix=".php">../include/</directory>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-    <logging>
-        <log type="junit" target="./results/junit.xml" logIncompleteSkipped="false"/>
-        <log type="coverage-clover" target="./results/coverage-clover.xml"/>
-        <log type="coverage-html" target="./results/coverage-report/" lowUpperBound="35"
-        highLowerBound="70"/>
-        <log type="testdox-text" target="./results/testdox.txt"/>
-    </logging>
-    <php>
-        <!-- Default test database config, only used if no environment variables
-             with same names are set.
-             !!! Never run against a real database, it will truncate all tables -->
-        <env name="hz_db_server" value="127.0.0.1"/>
-        <env name="hz_db_scheme" value="mysql"/>
-        <env name="hz_db_port" value="3306"/>
-        <env name="hz_db_user" value="travis_hz"/>
-        <env name="hz_db_pass" value="hubzilla"/>
-        <env name="hz_db_database" value="travis_hubzilla"/>
-    </php>
-</phpunit>
