diff --git a/tests/ApiTestCase.php b/tests/ApiTestCase.php
index 26a6bb08ca..a9c04249c2 100644
--- a/tests/ApiTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/ApiTestCase.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Test;
 
-use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Capabilities\ICanCreateResponses;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Module\Special\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Security\Authentication;
 use Friendica\Security\BasicAuth;
-use Friendica\Test\Util\AppDouble;
 use Friendica\Test\Util\AuthenticationDouble;
 use Friendica\Test\Util\AuthTestConfig;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
@@ -158,12 +156,9 @@ abstract class ApiTestCase extends FixtureTestCase
 
 		$this->dice = $this->dice
 			->addRule(Authentication::class, ['instanceOf' => AuthenticationDouble::class, 'shared' => true])
-			->addRule(App::class, ['instanceOf' => AppDouble::class, 'shared' => true]);
+		;
 		DI::init($this->dice);
 
-		// Manual override to bypass API authentication
-		DI::app()->setIsLoggedIn(true);
-
 		$this->httpExceptionMock = $this->dice->create(HTTPException::class);
 
 		AuthTestConfig::$authenticated = true;
diff --git a/tests/Util/AppDouble.php b/tests/Util/AppDouble.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 305b7ccf7c..0000000000
--- a/tests/Util/AppDouble.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-// Copyright (C) 2010-2024, the Friendica project
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2024 the Friendica project
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-
-namespace Friendica\Test\Util;
-
-use Friendica\App;
-
-/**
- * Making the App class overridable for specific situations
- *
- * @see App
- */
-class AppDouble extends App
-{
-	/** @var bool Marks/Overwrites if the user is currently logged in */
-	protected $isLoggedIn = false;
-
-	/**
-	 * Manually overwrite the "isLoggedIn" behavior
-	 *
-	 * @param bool $isLoggedIn
-	 */
-	public function setIsLoggedIn(bool $isLoggedIn)
-	{
-		$this->isLoggedIn = $isLoggedIn;
-	}
-
-	public function isLoggedIn(): bool
-	{
-		return $this->isLoggedIn;
-	}
-}