diff --git a/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDDSuite.scala b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDDSuite.scala
index 39e62ea8edd9f..cc86bafd2d644 100644
--- a/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDDSuite.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDDSuite.scala
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ class VertexRDDSuite extends FunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
     VertexRDD(sc.parallelize((0 to n).map(x => (x.toLong, x)), 5))
   }
 
-  def verticesDup(sc: SparkContext, n: Int) = {
-    VertexRDD(sc.parallelize((-n to n).map(x => (math.abs(x.toLong), x)), 5)
-  }
-
   test("filter") {
     withSpark { sc =>
       val n = 100
@@ -103,14 +99,4 @@ class VertexRDDSuite extends FunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
     }
   }
 
-  // TODO:
-  // need edges in apply function
-  test("apply.mergeFunc") {
-    withSpark { sc =>
-      val n = 100
-      val verts = vertices(sc, n)
-      val evens = verts.filter(q => ((q._2 % 2) == 0))
-      assert(evens.count === (0 to n).filter(_ % 2 == 0).size)
-    }
-  }
 }