diff --git a/providers/slicehost/src/test/java/org/jclouds/slicehost/compute/SlicehostComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/slicehost/src/test/java/org/jclouds/slicehost/compute/SlicehostComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index fc8c04d84b..ec18651adf 100644
--- a/providers/slicehost/src/test/java/org/jclouds/slicehost/compute/SlicehostComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/slicehost/src/test/java/org/jclouds/slicehost/compute/SlicehostComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -18,16 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.slicehost.compute;
 
-import static org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.getCores;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-
 import org.jclouds.compute.BaseComputeServiceLiveTest;
-import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
-import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily;
-import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
-import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
-import org.jclouds.slicehost.SlicehostAsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.slicehost.SlicehostClient;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -43,27 +34,11 @@ public class SlicehostComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest
       provider = "slicehost";
    }
 
-   @Test
-   public void testTemplateBuilder() {
-      Template defaultTemplate = client.templateBuilder().build();
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "10.04");
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.UBUNTU);
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getLocation().getId(), "slicehost");
-      assertEquals(getCores(defaultTemplate.getHardware()), 0.25d);
-   }
-
    @Override
    protected JschSshClientModule getSshModule() {
       return new JschSshClientModule();
    }
 
-   public void testAssignability() throws Exception {
-      @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-      RestContext<SlicehostClient, SlicehostAsyncClient> tmContext = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(
-            provider, identity, credential).getProviderSpecificContext();
-   }
-
    @Test(expectedExceptions = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
    public void testSuspendResume() throws Exception {
       super.testSuspendResume();