diff --git a/csync/src/csync_statedb.c b/csync/src/csync_statedb.c
index 6f2e49ac47..3f5849fa53 100644
--- a/csync/src/csync_statedb.c
+++ b/csync/src/csync_statedb.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ static void sqlite_profile( void *x, const char* sql, sqlite3_uint64 time)
 
 int csync_statedb_load(CSYNC *ctx, const char *statedb, sqlite3 **pdb) {
   int rc = -1;
-  int check_rc = -1;
   c_strlist_t *result = NULL;
   sqlite3 *db = NULL;
 
diff --git a/csync/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_statedb_load.c b/csync/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_statedb_load.c
index fd43ff60ae..a3d0e7fbf6 100644
--- a/csync/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_statedb_load.c
+++ b/csync/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_statedb_load.c
@@ -57,37 +57,6 @@ static void teardown(void **state) {
     *state = NULL;
 }
 
-static void check_csync_statedb_check(void **state)
-{
-    int rc;
-
-    (void) state; /* unused */
-
-    rc = system("mkdir -p /tmp/check_csync1");
-
-    /* old db */
-    rc = system("echo \"SQLite format 2\" > /tmp/check_csync1/test.db");
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 0);
-    rc = _csync_statedb_check(TESTDB);
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 1);
-
-    /* db already exists */
-    rc = _csync_statedb_check(TESTDB);
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 1);
-
-    /* no db exists */
-    rc = system("rm -f /tmp/check_csync1/test.db");
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 0);
-    rc = _csync_statedb_check(TESTDB);
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 1);
-
-    rc = _csync_statedb_check("/tmp/check_csync1/");
-    assert_int_equal(rc, -1);
-
-    rc = system("rm -rf /tmp/check_csync1");
-    assert_int_equal(rc, 0);
-}
-
 static void check_csync_statedb_load(void **state)
 {
     CSYNC *csync = *state;
@@ -143,7 +112,6 @@ static void check_csync_statedb_close(void **state)
 int torture_run_tests(void)
 {
     const UnitTest tests[] = {
-        unit_test_setup_teardown(check_csync_statedb_check, setup, teardown),
         unit_test_setup_teardown(check_csync_statedb_load, setup, teardown),
         unit_test_setup_teardown(check_csync_statedb_close, setup, teardown),
     };