diff --git a/tests/cert-emails-test.js b/tests/cert-emails-test.js
index 2e79ad0fce3e76252fb56005340e49c4e81bb5ef..a8f746f568d1fd78242098618fe9c393984a77e2 100755
--- a/tests/cert-emails-test.js
+++ b/tests/cert-emails-test.js
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ suite.addBatch({
     topic: wsapi.post('/wsapi/stage_user', {
       email: 'syncer@somehost.com',
       pass: 'fakepass',
-      // TODO: is this pubkey needed?
-      pubkey: 'fakekey',
       site:'http://fakesite.com'
     }),
     "succeeds": function(err, r) {