diff --git a/tests/beem/test_connection.py b/tests/beem/test_connection.py
index 5a529b24b71c96b4e97ed042ef109354556d96d3..169df547c273fe3c2c2357c4f81e773212beacae 100644
--- a/tests/beem/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/beem/test_connection.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Testcases(unittest.TestCase):
         nodelist = NodeList()
         nodelist.update_nodes(steem_instance=Steem(node=nodelist.get_nodes(normal=True, appbase=True), num_retries=10))
         b1 = Steem(
-            node=nodelist.get_testnet(testnet=True, testnetdev=False),
+            node=nodelist.get_testnet(testnet=False, testnetdev=True),
             nobroadcast=True,
             num_retries=10
         )
@@ -31,20 +31,11 @@ class Testcases(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_default_connection(self):
         nodelist = NodeList()
         nodelist.update_nodes(steem_instance=Steem(node=nodelist.get_nodes(normal=True, appbase=True), num_retries=10))
-        b1 = Steem(
-            node=nodelist.get_testnet(testnet=True, testnetdev=False),
-            nobroadcast=True,
-        )
-        set_shared_steem_instance(b1)
-        test = Account("beem")
 
         b2 = Steem(
             node=nodelist.get_nodes(),
             nobroadcast=True,
         )
         set_shared_steem_instance(b2)
-
         bts = Account("beem")
-
-        self.assertEqual(test.steem.prefix, "STX")
         self.assertEqual(bts.steem.prefix, "STM")