diff --git a/field_internal_test.go b/field_internal_test.go
index 470894b86..8a9ba7ebe 100644
--- a/field_internal_test.go
+++ b/field_internal_test.go
@@ -395,80 +395,6 @@ func TestField_PersistAvailableShards(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-/*
-// This test is wrong. I don't understand what this is supposed to be doing.
-func TestField_TruncatedAvailableShards(t *testing.T) {
-	availableShardFileFlushDuration.Set(200 * time.Millisecond) //shorten the default time to force a file write
-	f := OpenField(t, OptFieldTypeDefault())
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	// bm represents remote available shards.
-	bm := roaring.NewBitmap(1, 2, 3)
-
-	if err := f.AddRemoteAvailableShards(bm); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	time.Sleep(2 * availableShardFileFlushDuration.Get())
-	f.remoteAvailableShards = roaring.NewBitmap()
-
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(f.protectedRemoteAvailableShards().Slice(), []uint64(nil)) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected available shards (reopen). expected: %#v, but got: %#v", []uint64{}, f.protectedRemoteAvailableShards().Slice())
-	}
-}
-*/
-
-/*
-// This test is also wrong. It just unions the thing instead of testing anything.
-// Ensure that persisting available shards having a smaller footprint (for example,
-// when going from a bitmap to a smaller, RLE representation) succeeds.
-func TestField_PersistAvailableShardsFootprint(t *testing.T) {
-	availableShardFileFlushDuration.Set(200 * time.Millisecond) //shorten the default time to force a file write
-	f := OpenField(t, OptFieldTypeDefault())
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	// bm represents remote available shards.
-	bm := roaring.NewBitmap()
-	for i := uint64(0); i < 1204; i += 2 {
-		_, err := bm.Add(i)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("adding bits: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := f.AddRemoteAvailableShards(bm); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	time.Sleep(2 * availableShardFileFlushDuration.Get())
-
-	if err := f.loadAvailableShards(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	bm1 := roaring.NewBitmap()
-	for i := uint64(1); i < 1204; i += 2 {
-		_, err := bm1.Add(i)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("adding bits: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := f.AddRemoteAvailableShards(bm1); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// Reload field and verify that shard data is persisted.
-	result := bm.Union(bm1)
-
-	if err := f.loadAvailableShards(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(f.remoteAvailableShards.Slice(), result.Slice()) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected available shards (reload). expected: %v, but got: %v", bm.Slice(), f.remoteAvailableShards.Slice())
-	}
-}
-*/
-
 // Ensure that FieldOptions.Base defaults to the correct value.
 func TestBSIGroup_BaseDefaultValue(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tt := range []struct {