diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index eaec4c2..a03ce37 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Smoke test
           command: |
-          ./testbackend.sh
           HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
           if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
             echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"