diff --git a/test/unit/blob/auth/shared_access_signature_test.rb b/test/unit/blob/auth/shared_access_signature_test.rb
index ea99b6b07..b862cef92 100644
--- a/test/unit/blob/auth/shared_access_signature_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/blob/auth/shared_access_signature_test.rb
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ describe Azure::Blob::Auth::SharedAccessSignature do
 
   subject { Azure::Blob::Auth::SharedAccessSignature.new(access_account_name, access_key_base64) }
 
-  it 'decodes the base64 encoded access_key' do
-    subject.access_key.must_equal 'access-key'
-  end
-
   describe '#signable_string' do
 
     it 'constructs a string in the required format' do
diff --git a/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_lite_test.rb b/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_lite_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 75a49e941..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_lite_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/auth/shared_key_lite'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Auth::SharedKeyLite do
-  subject { Azure::Core::Auth::SharedKeyLite.new 'account-name', 'YWNjZXNzLWtleQ==' }
-
-  let(:verb) { 'POST' }
-  let(:uri) { URI.parse 'http://dummy.uri/resource' }
-  let(:headers) do
-    {
-      'Content-MD5' => 'foo',
-      'Content-Type' => 'foo',
-      'Date' => 'foo'
-    }
-  end
-  let(:headers_without_date) {
-    headers_without_date = headers.clone
-    headers_without_date.delete 'Date'
-    headers_without_date
-  }
-
-  describe 'sign' do
-    it 'creates a signature from the provided HTTP method, uri, and reduced set of standard headers' do
-      subject.sign(verb, uri, headers).must_equal 'account-name:vVFnj/+27JFABZgpt5H8g/JVU2HuWFnjv5aeUIxQvBE='
-    end
-
-    it 'ignores standard headers other than Content-MD5, Content-Type, and Date' do
-      subject.sign(verb, uri, headers.merge({'Content-Encoding' => 'foo'})).must_equal 'account-name:vVFnj/+27JFABZgpt5H8g/JVU2HuWFnjv5aeUIxQvBE='
-    end
-
-    it 'throws IndexError when there is no Date header' do
-      assert_raises IndexError do
-        subject.sign(verb, uri, headers_without_date)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_test.rb b/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d7890f5a..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/auth/shared_key_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/auth/shared_key'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Auth::SharedKey do
-  subject { Azure::Core::Auth::SharedKey.new 'account-name', 'YWNjZXNzLWtleQ==' }
-
-  let(:verb) { 'POST' }
-  let(:uri) { URI.parse 'http://dummy.uri/resource' }
-  let(:headers) do
-    {
-      'Content-Encoding' => 'foo',
-      'Content-Language' => 'foo',
-      'Content-Length' => 'foo',
-      'Content-MD5' => 'foo',
-      'Content-Type' => 'foo',
-      'Date' => 'foo',
-      'If-Modified-Since' => 'foo',
-      'If-Match' => 'foo',
-      'If-None-Match' => 'foo',
-      'If-Unmodified-Since' => 'foo',
-      'Range' => 'foo',
-      'x-ms-ImATeapot' => 'teapot',
-      'x-ms-ShortAndStout' => 'True'
-    }
-  end
-
-  describe 'sign' do
-    it 'creates a signature from the provided HTTP method, uri, and a specific set of standard headers' do
-      subject.sign(verb, uri, headers).must_equal 'account-name:vcdxlDVoE1QvJerkg0ci3Wlnj2Qq8yzlsrkRf5dEU/I='
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'canonicalized_headers' do
-    it 'creates a canonicalized header string' do
-      subject.canonicalized_headers(headers).must_equal "x-ms-imateapot:teapot\nx-ms-shortandstout:True"
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'canonicalized_resource' do
-    it 'creates a canonicalized resource string' do
-      subject.canonicalized_resource(uri).must_equal '/account-name/resource'
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/auth/signer_test.rb b/test/unit/core/auth/signer_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 917194b13..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/auth/signer_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require "test_helper"
-require "azure/core/auth/signer"
-
-describe Azure::Core::Auth::Signer do
-  subject { Azure::Core::Auth::Signer.new "YWNjZXNzLWtleQ==" }
-
-  it "decodes the base64 encoded access_key" do
-    subject.access_key.must_equal "access-key"
-  end
-
-  describe "sign" do
-    it "creates a signature for the body, as a base64 encoded string, which represents a HMAC hash using the access_key" do
-      subject.sign("body").must_equal "iuUxVhs1E7PeSNx/90ViyJNO24160qYpoWeCcOsnMoM="
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/http/http_error_test.rb b/test/unit/core/http/http_error_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bcbd5fadb..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/http/http_error_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/http/http_error'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Http::HTTPError do
-  let :http_response do
-    stub(body: Fixtures[:http_error], status_code: 409, uri: 'http://dummy.uri', headers: {})
-  end
-
-  subject do
-    Azure::Core::Http::HTTPError.new(http_response)
-  end
-
-  it 'is an instance of Azure::Core::Error' do
-    subject.must_be_kind_of Azure::Core::Error
-  end
-
-  it 'lets us see the original uri' do
-    subject.uri.must_equal 'http://dummy.uri'
-  end
-
-  it "lets us see the errors'status code" do
-    subject.status_code.must_equal 409
-  end
-
-  it "lets us see the error's type" do
-    subject.type.must_equal 'TableAlreadyExists'
-  end
-
-  it "lets us see the error's description" do
-    subject.description.must_equal 'The table specified already exists.'
-  end
-
-  it 'generates an error message that wraps both the type and description' do
-    subject.message.must_equal 'TableAlreadyExists (409): The table specified already exists.'
-  end
-
-  describe 'with invalid http_response body' do
-    let :http_response do
-      stub(:body => "\r\nInvalid request\r\n", :status_code => 409, :uri => 'http://dummy.uri', headers: {})
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the type to unknown if the response body is not an XML' do
-      subject.type.must_equal 'Unknown'
-      subject.description.must_equal 'Invalid request'
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/http/http_request_test.rb b/test/unit/core/http/http_request_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 063f60102..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/http/http_request_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/http/http_request'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest do
-  let(:uri) { URI('http://example.com') }
-
-  describe ' default_headers ' do
-    subject do
-      Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest.new(:get, uri, body: nil, current_time: 'Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:38:27 GMT')
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the x-ms-date header to the current_time' do
-      subject.headers['x-ms-date'] = 'Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:38:27 GMT'
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the x-ms-version header to the current API version' do
-      subject.headers['x-ms-version'] = '2011-08-18'
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the DataServiceVersion header to the current API version' do
-      subject.headers['DataServiceVersion'] = '1.0;NetFx'
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the MaxDataServiceVersion header to the current max` API version' do
-      subject.headers['MaxDataServiceVersion'] = '2.0;NetFx'
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe 'when passed custom headers' do
-    subject do
-      Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest.new(:get,
-                                         uri,
-                                         body: nil,
-                                         headers: {
-                                             'blah' => 'something',
-                                             'x-ms-version' => '123'
-                                         })
-    end
-
-    it 'should have overridden the value of x-ms-version' do
-      subject.headers['x-ms-version'].must_equal '123'
-    end
-
-    it 'should have added in the blah = something header' do
-      subject.headers['blah'].must_equal 'something'
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  describe ' when passed a body ' do
-    subject do
-      Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest.new(:post, uri, body: '<body/>')
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the default Content-Type header' do
-      subject.headers['Content-Type'].must_equal 'application/atom+xml; charset=utf-8'
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the Content-Length header' do
-      subject.headers['Content-Length'].must_equal '7'
-    end
-
-    it 'sets the Content-MD5 header to a Base64 encoded representation of the MD5 hash of the body' do
-      subject.headers['Content-MD5'].must_equal 'PNeJy7qyzV4XUoBBHkVu0g=='
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe ' when the body is nil ' do
-    subject do
-      Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest.new(:get, uri)
-    end
-
-    it 'leaves the Content-Type, Content-Length, and Content-MD5 headers blank' do
-      subject.headers['Content-Length'].must_equal '0'
-      subject.headers['Content-MD5'].must_be_nil
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#call' do
-
-    let(:mock_conn) do
-      conn = mock
-      conn.expects(:run_request, [uri, nil, nil]).returns(mock_res)
-      conn
-    end
-
-    subject do
-      sub = Azure::Core::Http::HttpRequest.new(:get, uri)
-      sub.expects(:http_setup).returns(mock_conn)
-      sub
-    end
-
-    describe 'on success' do
-      let(:body) { '</body>' }
-
-      let(:mock_res) do
-        res = mock
-        res.expects(:success?).returns(true)
-        res.expects(:body).returns(body)
-        res
-      end
-
-      it 'should return a response' do
-        subject.call.body.must_equal(body)
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe 'on failure' do
-      let(:body) { 'OH NO!!' }
-
-      let(:mock_res) do
-        res = mock
-        res.expects(:success?).returns(false).at_least_once
-        res.expects(:status).returns(401).at_least_once
-        res.expects(:body).returns(body).at_least_once
-        res
-      end
-
-      it 'should return a response' do
-       -> { subject.call }.must_raise(Azure::Core::Http::HTTPError)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/http/http_response_test.rb b/test/unit/core/http/http_response_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 95a127db0..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/http/http_response_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/http/http_response'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Http::HttpResponse do
-  # TODO: fill in with better tests.
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/http/retry_policy_test.rb b/test/unit/core/http/retry_policy_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index aaacfe6fd..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/http/retry_policy_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-require 'azure/core/http/retry_policy'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Http::RetryPolicy do
-  it 'uses blocks as retry logic' do
-    retry_policy = Azure::Core::Http::RetryPolicy.new do |a,b| true end
-    retry_policy.should_retry?(nil, nil).must_equal true
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/core/utility_test.rb b/test/unit/core/utility_test.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 894dfc56b..000000000
--- a/test/unit/core/utility_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# # Copyright (c) Microsoft and contributors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-require 'test_helper'
-
-describe Azure::Core::Logger do
-  subject { Azure::Core::Logger }
-  let(:msg) { "message" }
-
-  after {
-    subject.initialize_external_logger(nil)
-  }
-
-  describe "Log without external logger" do
-    before {
-      subject.initialize_external_logger(nil)
-    }
-
-    it "#info" do
-      out, err = capture_io { subject.info(msg) }
-      assert_equal("\e[37m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m\n", out)
-    end
-
-    it "#error_with_exit" do
-      out, err = capture_io do
-        error = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
-          subject.error_with_exit(msg)
-        end
-        assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m", error.message)
-      end
-      assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m\n", out)
-    end
-
-    it "#warn" do
-      out, err = capture_io do
-        warn = subject.warn(msg)
-        assert_equal(msg, warn)
-      end
-      assert_equal("\e[33m" + msg + "\e[0m\n", out)
-    end
-
-    it "#error" do
-      out, err = capture_io do
-        error = subject.error(msg)
-        assert_equal(msg, error)
-      end
-      assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m\n", out)
-    end
-
-    it "#exception_message" do
-      out, err = capture_io do
-        exception = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
-          subject.exception_message(msg)
-        end
-        assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m", exception.message)
-      end
-      assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m\n", out)
-    end
-
-    it "#success" do
-      out, err = capture_io { subject.success(msg) }
-      assert_equal("\e[32m" + msg + "\n\e[0m", out)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "Log with external logger" do
-    let(:fake_output) { StringIO.new }
-
-    before {
-      subject.initialize_external_logger(Logger.new(fake_output))
-    }
-
-    it "#info" do
-      subject.info(msg)
-      assert_match(/INFO -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-    end
-
-    it "#error_with_exit" do
-      error = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
-        subject.error_with_exit(msg)
-      end
-      assert_match(/ERROR -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-      assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m", error.message)
-    end
-
-    it "#warn" do
-      warn = subject.warn(msg)
-      assert_match(/WARN -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-      assert_equal(msg, warn)
-    end
-
-    it "#error" do
-      error = subject.error(msg)
-      assert_match(/ERROR -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-      assert_equal(msg, error)
-    end
-
-    it "#exception_message" do
-      exception = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
-        subject.exception_message(msg)
-      end
-      assert_match(/WARN -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-      assert_equal("\e[31m\e[1m" + msg + "\e[0m\e[0m", exception.message)
-    end
-
-    it "#success" do
-      subject.success(msg)
-      assert_match(/INFO -- : #{msg}\n/, fake_output.string)
-    end
-  end
-end
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