diff --git a/test/e2e/cli.spec.ts b/test/e2e/cli.spec.ts
index 320ba20..5c8eece 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cli.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/cli.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {expectToFail} from '../helpers/expect-to-fail';
 
 interface InvokeCommandOptions {
     analyticsUrl?: string;
-    auth?: string;
     mock: string;
     providerName?: string;
     swagger: string;
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ const invokeCommand = (options: InvokeCommandOptions): Promise<string> => {
         command += ` --analyticsUrl ${options.analyticsUrl}`;
     }
 
-    if (options.auth) {
-        command += ` --user ${options.auth}`;
-    }
-
     if (options.outputDepth) {
         command += ` --outputDepth ${options.outputDepth}`;
     }
@@ -372,22 +367,6 @@ describe('swagger-mock-validator/cli', () => {
         );
     }, 30000);
 
-    it('should make an authenticated request to the provided pact broker url when asked to do so', async () => {
-        const auth = 'user:pass';
-
-        await invokeCommand({
-            auth,
-            mock: urlTo('test/e2e/fixtures/pact-broker.json'),
-            providerName: 'provider-1',
-            swagger: urlTo('test/e2e/fixtures/swagger-provider.json')
-        });
-
-        expect(mockPactBroker.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            jasmine.objectContaining({authorization: 'Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz'}),
-            jasmine.stringMatching('test/e2e/fixtures/pact-broker.json')
-        );
-    }, 30000);
-
     it('should format output objects to depth 0', async () => {
         const result = await invokeCommand({
             mock: 'test/e2e/fixtures/pact-working-consumer.json',