diff --git a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
index 7807b796b..072d0bbc0 100644
--- a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export const DownloadButton: FC<DownloadButtonProps> = ({
             className={`btn loculusColor ${disabled ? 'btn-disabled' : ''} text-white`}
             href={downloadUrl}
             onClick={handleClick}
-            data-testid='start-download'
         >
             Download
         </a>
diff --git a/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts b/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
index 28fcfe7c6..751ae6be5 100644
--- a/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
+++ b/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { type Page, type Download } from '@playwright/test';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 
 import { routes } from '../../../src/routes/routes.ts';
@@ -6,10 +5,6 @@ import { getAccessionVersionString } from '../../../src/utils/extractAccessionVe
 import { baseUrl, dummyOrganism, expect, test } from '../../e2e.fixture';
 import { getTestSequences } from '../../util/testSequenceProvider.ts';
 
-interface PerformDownloadOptions {
-    selectRawNucleotide?: boolean;
-}
-
 test.describe('The search page', () => {
     test('should find no data in the future', async ({ searchPage }) => {
         const tomorrow = DateTime.now().plus({ days: 1 }).toISODate();
@@ -102,49 +97,4 @@ test.describe('The search page', () => {
 
         await expect(searchPage.getAccessionField()).toHaveValue('');
     });
-
-    async function performDownload(page: Page, options: PerformDownloadOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
-        const { selectRawNucleotide = false } = options;
-
-        const downloadButton = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Download' });
-        await downloadButton.click();
-
-        if (selectRawNucleotide === true) {
-            const rawNucleotideRadio = page.getByLabel('Raw nucleotide sequences');
-            await rawNucleotideRadio.check();
-        }
-
-        const agreeCheckbox = page.getByLabel(/I agree/);
-        await agreeCheckbox.check();
-
-        const downloadButton2 = page.getByTestId('start-download');
-
-        const downloadPromise: Promise<Download> = page.waitForEvent('download');
-
-        await downloadButton2.click();
-
-        const download: Download = await downloadPromise;
-
-        const suggestedFileName: string = download.suggestedFilename();
-        const filePath: string = '/tmp/' + String(Math.random()).slice(0, 5) + suggestedFileName;
-        await download.saveAs(filePath);
-
-        return filePath;
-    }
-
-    test('should download file when agreeing to terms', async ({ searchPage, page }) => {
-        await searchPage.goto();
-
-        const filePath = await performDownload(page);
-
-        expect(filePath).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    test('should download raw nucleotide sequences when selected', async ({ searchPage, page }) => {
-        await searchPage.goto();
-
-        const filePath = await performDownload(page, { selectRawNucleotide: true });
-
-        expect(filePath).toBeTruthy();
-    });
 });