diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
index 0cd586eee..2cf5933d5 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
 			<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring-base</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana.simplehistory</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-simplehistory-provider</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Tests -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 555fa0d01..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/src/test/java/pro/taskana/HistoryPluginLoaderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package pro.taskana;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import javax.sql.DataSource;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-import pro.taskana.history.HistoryEventProducer;
-import pro.taskana.impl.TaskanaEngineImpl;
-import pro.taskana.rest.RestConfiguration;
-
-/**
- * test loading of history plugin.
- *
- */
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@ActiveProfiles(profiles = "history.plugin")
-@SpringBootTest(classes = RestConfiguration.class)
-public class HistoryPluginLoaderTest {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private DataSource dataSource;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private TaskanaEngine taskanaEngine;
-
-    @Test
-    public void testHistoryEventProducerIsEnabled() {
-        HistoryEventProducer historyEventProducer = ((TaskanaEngineImpl) taskanaEngine).getHistoryEventProducer();
-        assertEquals(historyEventProducer.isEnabled(), true);
-    }
-
-}