diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index 2d1d09f..3c20cb5 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"log"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
@@ -21,14 +20,3 @@ func New() *gorm.DB {
 	}
 	return db
 }
-
-// New creates a new GORM connection to the mock database
-func NewMock() *gorm.DB {
-	// projectRoot presumes this file is `<root>/db/db.go`
-	dbPath, _ := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(cFile, "../../test_data/mock.db"))
-	db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", dbPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("when opening mock database: %v\n", err)
-	}
-	return db
-}
diff --git a/handler/handler_sub_test.go b/handler/handler_sub_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 512eb6a..0000000
--- a/handler/handler_sub_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package handler
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
-
-	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
-
-	"github.com/sentriz/gonic/db"
-)
-
-var mockController = Controller{
-	DB: db.NewMock(),
-}
-
-func TestGetArtists(t *testing.T) {
-	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "", nil)
-	handler := http.HandlerFunc(mockController.GetArtists)
-	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, r)
-	dat, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("../test_data/mock_getArtists_response")
-	fmt.Println(string(dat))
-	fmt.Println(rr.Body)
-}
diff --git a/test_data/mock_getArtists_response b/test_data/mock_getArtists_response
deleted file mode 100644
index e6177dd..0000000
--- a/test_data/mock_getArtists_response
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<subsonic-response xmlns="http://subsonic.org/restapi" status="ok" version="1.9.0">
-   <albumList2 />
-   <artists>
-      <index name="A">
-         <artist id="1" name="A Certain Ratio" coverArt="0" albumCount="0" />
-         <artist id="3" name="Anikas" coverArt="0" albumCount="0" />
-      </index>
-      <index name="#">
-         <artist id="2" name="13th Floor Elevators" coverArt="0" albumCount="0" />
-      </index>
-   </artists>
-   <musicFolders />
-</subsonic-response>