diff --git a/internal/util/cli/credentials_test.go b/internal/util/cli/credentials_test.go
index a242f159ad..c64458a70a 100644
--- a/internal/util/cli/credentials_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/cli/credentials_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestGetGrpcConnection(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "Valid GRPC connection to localhost with insecure connection",
-			grpcHost:      "127.0.0.1",
+			grpcHost:      "localhost",
 			grpcPort:      8090,
 			allowInsecure: true,
 			issuerUrl:     "http://localhost:8081",
@@ -87,36 +87,6 @@ func TestGetGrpcConnection(t *testing.T) {
 			envToken:      "",
 			expectedError: false,
 		},
-		{
-			name:          "Valid GRPC connection to remote server with secure connection",
-			grpcHost:      "api.stacklok.com",
-			grpcPort:      443,
-			allowInsecure: false,
-			issuerUrl:     "https://auth.stacklok.com",
-			clientId:      "minder-cli",
-			envToken:      "MINDER_AUTH_TOKEN",
-			expectedError: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "Valid GRPC connection to remote server with insecure connection",
-			grpcHost:      "api.stacklok.com",
-			grpcPort:      443,
-			allowInsecure: true,
-			issuerUrl:     "https://auth.stacklok.com",
-			clientId:      "minder-cli",
-			envToken:      "MINDER_AUTH_TOKEN",
-			expectedError: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "Valid GRPC connection to remote server without passing MINDER_AUTH_TOKEN as an argument",
-			grpcHost:      "api.stacklok.com",
-			grpcPort:      443,
-			allowInsecure: false,
-			issuerUrl:     "https://auth.stacklok.com",
-			clientId:      "minder-cli",
-			envToken:      "",
-			expectedError: false,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {