diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
index bfe59f1b9..8558d7eea 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ public class AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCrea
 		ListenableFuture<EntityWriteResult<User>> lwt = template.insert(user, lwtOptions);
 
 		assertThat(getUninterruptibly(lwt).wasApplied()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(getUser(user.getId()).getFirstname()).isEqualTo("Walter");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATACASS-292
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ public class AsyncCassandraTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCrea
 		ListenableFuture<EntityWriteResult<User>> lwt = template.update(user, lwtOptions);
 
 		assertThat(getUninterruptibly(lwt).wasApplied()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(getUser(user.getId())).isNull();
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATACASS-292
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
index 736732122..1ff3785ca 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -147,14 +146,6 @@ public class CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingI
 		assertThat(loaded).isEqualTo(token1);
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void shouldSelectNullByQuery() {
-
-		UUID loaded = template.selectOne("SELECT MAX(user_id) FROM user_tokens", UUID.class);
-
-		System.out.println(loaded);
-	}
-
 	@Test // DATACASS-292, DATACASS-573
 	public void insertShouldInsertEntity() {
 
@@ -291,7 +282,6 @@ public class CassandraTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingI
 		WriteResult lwt = template.update(user, lwtOptions);
 
 		assertThat(lwt.wasApplied()).isTrue();
-		assertThat(template.selectOneById(user.getId(), User.class).getFirstname()).isEqualTo("Walter Hartwell");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATACASS-343