diff --git a/android/rctmgl/build.gradle b/android/rctmgl/build.gradle
index 2c5ab5d..ed99ac5 100644
--- a/android/rctmgl/build.gradle
+++ b/android/rctmgl/build.gradle
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 25
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-
-        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
-
     }
+
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled false
@@ -30,10 +28,4 @@ dependencies {
     compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:5.1.3@aar') {
         transitive=true
     }
-
-    // test deps
-    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
-        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
-    })
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
diff --git a/android/rctmgl/src/androidTest/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/android/rctmgl/src/androidTest/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d65437a..0000000
--- a/android/rctmgl/src/androidTest/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package mapbox.rctmgl;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
-import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-/**
- * Instrumentation test, which will execute on an Android device.
- *
- * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
- */
-@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
-public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
-    @Test
-    public void useAppContext() throws Exception {
-        // Context of the app under test.
-        Context appContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
-
-        assertEquals("mapbox.rctmgl.test", appContext.getPackageName());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/android/rctmgl/src/test/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleUnitTest.java b/android/rctmgl/src/test/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 59a88de..0000000
--- a/android/rctmgl/src/test/java/mapbox/rctmgl/ExampleUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package mapbox.rctmgl;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-/**
- * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
- *
- * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
- */
-public class ExampleUnitTest {
-    @Test
-    public void addition_isCorrect() throws Exception {
-        assertEquals(4, 2 + 2);
-    }
-}
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