diff --git a/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js b/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
index 55879a2f5c..42819235dd 100644
--- a/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
+++ b/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
@@ -264,33 +264,6 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
             }),
         ];
     }
-
-    //Create a few redacted events 
-    //isRedacted just checks the redacted_because   
-    function mkRedactionEvents() {
-        const events = [];
-        const ts0 = Date.now();
-        let i=0
-            
-            let redaction = test_utils.mkEvent({
-                type: "m.room.redaction",
-                event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",     ts: ts0 + ++i * 1000 ,
-                content: {},
-            });
-            let event =test_utils.mkRedactedEvent({
-                type: "m.room.message",
-                event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",
-                ts: ts0 + i * 1000 ,
-              //  redacted_because: redaction This is not working at the moment
-            })
-            redaction.redacts = event.event_id;
-            
-            events.push(event);
-            events.push(redaction);
-
-            return events;
- 
-        }
           
     function isReadMarkerVisible(rmContainer) {
         return rmContainer && rmContainer.children.length > 0;
@@ -493,19 +466,4 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
       
     
         })
-
-    it('should render only one Date separator for redacted events', function () {
-    const events = mkRedactionEvents()
-    const res = mount(
-        <WrappedMessagePanel
-            className="cls"
-            events={events}
-        />,
-    );
-    const Dates = res.find(sdk.getComponent('messages.DateSeparator'));
-   
-    expect(Dates.length).toEqual(1);
-  
-
-    })
 });
diff --git a/test/test-utils.js b/test/test-utils.js
index b259d97d04..6dc02463a5 100644
--- a/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/test/test-utils.js
@@ -218,39 +218,6 @@ export function mkMessage(opts) {
     return mkEvent(opts);
 }
 
-
-/**
- * Create an Redacted Event.
- * @param {Object} opts Values for the event.
- * @param {string} opts.type The event.type
- * @param {string} opts.room The event.room_id
- * @param {string} opts.user The event.user_id
- * @param {string} opts.skey Optional. The state key (auto inserts empty string)
- * @param {Number} opts.ts   Optional. Timestamp for the event
- * @param {Object} opts.content The event.content
- * @param {boolean} opts.event True to make a MatrixEvent.
- * @return {Object} a JSON object representing this event.
- */
- export function mkRedactedEvent(opts) {
-    if (!opts.type ) {
-        throw new Error("Missing .type =>" + JSON.stringify(opts));
-    }
-    const event = {
-        type: opts.type,
-        room_id: opts.room,
-        sender: opts.user,
-        content: {},
-        prev_content: opts.prev_content,
-        event_id: "$" + Math.random() + "-" + Math.random(),
-        origin_server_ts: opts.ts,
-        //isRedacted() only checks if redacted_because is true or not
-      //  unsigned :{redacted_because:opts.redacted_because} This is not working atm
-    };
-    //Might want to add the other parameters for generalized tests
-    return opts.event ? new MatrixEvent(event) : event;
-}
-
-
 export function mkStubRoom(roomId = null) {
     const stubTimeline = { getEvents: () => [] };
     return {