diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/filtering.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/filtering.php
index fff1b20304..57c4ed7b72 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/filtering.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/filtering.php
@@ -90,106 +90,6 @@ EOF;
 		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $post->post_content );
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * make sure unbalanced tags are fixed when they span a --more-- tag
-	 * @ticket 6297
-	 */
-	function test_post_content_unbalanced_more() {
-		$content = <<<EOF
-<em>some text<!--more-->
-that's continued after the jump</em>
-EOF;
-
-		$expected = <<<EOF
-<em>some text</em><!--more-->
-that's continued after the jump
-EOF;
-
-		$id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_content' => $content ) );
-		$post = get_post($id);
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $post->post_content );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * make sure unbalanced tags are fixed when they span a --nextpage-- tag
-	 * @ticket 6297
-	 */
-	function test_post_content_unbalanced_nextpage() {
-		$content = <<<EOF
-<em>some text<!--nextpage-->
-that's continued after the jump</em>
-EOF;
-
-		$expected = <<<EOF
-<em>some text</em><!--nextpage-->
-that's continued after the jump
-EOF;
-
-		$id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_content' => $content ) );
-		$post = get_post($id);
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $post->post_content );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * make sure unbalanced tags are fixed when they span both --more-- and --nextpage-- tags (in that order)
-	 * @ticket 6297
-	 */
-	function test_post_content_unbalanced_more_nextpage() {
-		$content = <<<EOF
-<em>some text<!--more-->
-that's continued after the jump</em>
-<!--nextpage-->
-<p>and the next page
-<!--nextpage-->
-breaks the graf</p>
-EOF;
-
-		$expected = <<<EOF
-<em>some text</em><!--more-->
-that's continued after the jump
-<!--nextpage-->
-<p>and the next page
-</p><!--nextpage-->
-breaks the graf
-EOF;
-
-		$id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_content' => $content ) );
-		$post = get_post($id);
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $post->post_content );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * make sure unbalanced tags are fixed when they span both --nextpage-- and --more-- tags (in that order)
-	 * @ticket 6297
-	 */
-	function test_post_content_unbalanced_nextpage_more() {
-		$content = <<<EOF
-<em>some text<!--nextpage-->
-that's continued after the jump</em>
-<!--more-->
-<p>and the next page
-<!--nextpage-->
-breaks the graf</p>
-EOF;
-
-		$expected = <<<EOF
-<em>some text</em><!--nextpage-->
-that's continued after the jump
-<!--more-->
-<p>and the next page
-</p><!--nextpage-->
-breaks the graf
-EOF;
-
-		$id = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_content' => $content ) );
-		$post = get_post($id);
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $post->post_content );
-	}
-
 	// make sure unbalanced tags are untouched when the balance option is off
 	function test_post_content_nobalance_nextpage_more() {