diff --git a/tests/regression/misc/20-status-engine.t b/tests/regression/misc/20-status-engine.t
deleted file mode 100644
index e0cef4a2..00000000
--- a/tests/regression/misc/20-status-engine.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-### Test the SecStatusEngine
-
-## On
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "Setting SecStatusEngine to On",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecStatusEngine On
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: StatusEngine call successfully sent/, 1],
-#		-error => [ qr/Status engine is currently disabled, enable it by set SecStatusEngine to On/, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^200$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/test.txt",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		"arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-#	),
-#},
-# Off
-{
-	type => "misc",
-	comment => "Setting SecStatusEngine to Off",
-	conf => qq(
-		SecRuleEngine On
-		SecStatusEngine Off
-	),
-	match_log => {
-		-error => [ qr/ModSecurity: StatusEngine call successfully sent/, 1],
-		error => [ qr/Status engine is currently disabled, enable it by set SecStatusEngine to On/, 1],
-	},
-	match_response => {
-		status => qr/^200$/,
-	},
-	request => new HTTP::Request(
-		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/test.txt",
-		[
-			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-		],
-		"arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-	),
-},
-## On and SecServerSignature
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "SecStatusEngine On using SecServerSignature",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecServerSignature "SpiderServer v0.1a"
-#		SecStatusEngine On
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: StatusEngine call successfully sent/, 1],
-#		-error => [ qr/StatusEngine call: .*SpiderServer v0.1a.*/, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^200$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/test.txt",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		"arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-#	),
-#},
-## On and SecServerSignature
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "SecStatusEngine On/SecServerSignature - checking signature",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecServerSignature "SpiderServer v0.1a"
-#		SecStatusEngine On
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => {
-#			apache => [ qr/StatusEngine call: \"[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[-RC]*[0-9]*\,Apache/, 1],
-#			nginx => [ qr/StatusEngine call: \"[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[-RC]*[0-9]*\,nginx/, 1],
-#		}
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^200$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/test.txt",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		"arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-#	),
-#},
-## On and SecServerSignature
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "SecStatusEngine On - checking signature",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecStatusEngine On
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => {
-#			apache => [ qr/StatusEngine call: \"[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[-RC]*[0-9]*\,Apache/, 1],
-#			nginx => [ qr/StatusEngine call: \"[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[-RC]*[0-9]*\,nginx/, 1],
-#		}
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^200$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/test.txt",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		"arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-#	),
-#},
-
diff --git a/tests/regression/misc/40-secRemoteRules.t.in b/tests/regression/misc/40-secRemoteRules.t.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ee447771..00000000
--- a/tests/regression/misc/40-secRemoteRules.t.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-### SecRemoteRules
-# probably no need these anymore
-# plus it's hard to set up an infrastucture
-#
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "SecRemoteRules load",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#                SecRemoteRules 123 "https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test-secremoterules.txt"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Loaded 1 rule/, 1],
-#	},
-#},
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "SecRemoteRules apply some remote rules",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#                SecRemoteRules 123 "https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test-secremoterules.txt"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Warning. Matched phrase \"127.0.0.1\" at REQUEST_FILENAME./, 1],
-#		debug => [ qr/Matched phrase \"127.0.0.1\" at REQUEST_FILENAME/, 1 ],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-
diff --git a/tests/regression/misc/50-ipmatchfromfile-external.t.in b/tests/regression/misc/50-ipmatchfromfile-external.t.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c3f9f024..00000000
--- a/tests/regression/misc/50-ipmatchfromfile-external.t.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-### ipMatchFromFile external resource
-# no infrasturcure to test
-#
-# permanently suspended
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "ipMatchFromFile",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRule REMOTE_ADDR "\@ipMatchFromFile https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test.txt" "id:10500,pass"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Warning. IPmatchFromFile: \"127.0.0.1\" matched at REMOTE_ADDR./, 1],
-#		debug => [ qr/IPmatchFromFile: \"127.0.0.1\" matched at REMOTE_ADDR./, 1 ],
-#		-error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources:/, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "ipMatchFromFile - 404 download",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRemoteRulesFailAction Warn
-#		SecRule REMOTE_ADDR "\@ipMatchFromFile https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test-404.txt" "id:10500,pass"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources: Failed to download: \"https:\/\/www.modsecurity.org\/modsecurity-regression-test-404.txt\" error: HTTP response code said error./, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "ipMatchFromFile - bad certificate name",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRemoteRulesFailAction Warn
-#		SecRule REMOTE_ADDR "\@ipMatchFromFile https://status.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test-huge-ip-list.txt" "id:10500,pass"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources: Failed to download: \"https:\/\/status.modsecurity.org\/modsecurity-regression-test-huge-ip-list.txt\" error: [SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK.|Couldn't connect to server.]/, 1],
-#	},
-#},
-
diff --git a/tests/regression/misc/60-pmfromfile-external.t.in b/tests/regression/misc/60-pmfromfile-external.t.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f16340a6..00000000
--- a/tests/regression/misc/60-pmfromfile-external.t.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-### pmfromfile external resource
-# all tests need an external infrastructure
-# termporary suspended
-#
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "pmfromfile",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "\@pmFromFile https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test.txt" "id:'123',phase:2,log,pass,t:none"
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Warning. Matched phrase \"127.0.0.1\" at REQUEST_FILENAME./, 1],
-#		debug => [ qr/Matched phrase \"127.0.0.1\" at REQUEST_FILENAME/, 1 ],
-#		-error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources:/, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "pmfromfile - 404 download",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRemoteRulesFailAction Warn
-#		SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "\@pmFromFile https://www.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test-404.txt" "id:'123',phase:2,log,pass,t:none"
-#
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources: Failed to download: \"https:\/\/www.modsecurity.org\/modsecurity-regression-test-404.txt\" error: HTTP response code said error./, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-#{
-#	type => "misc",
-#	comment => "pmfromfile - bad certificate name",
-#	conf => qq(
-#		SecRuleEngine On
-#		SecDebugLog $ENV{DEBUG_LOG}
-#		SecDebugLogLevel 9
-#                SecRequestBodyAccess On
-#		SecRemoteRulesFailAction Warn
-#		SecRule REQUEST_FILENAME "\@pmFromFile https://status.modsecurity.org/modsecurity-regression-test.txt" "id:'123',phase:2,log,pass,t:none"
-#
-#	),
-#	match_log => {
-#		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Problems loading external resources: Failed to download: \"https:\/\/status.modsecurity.org\/modsecurity-regression-test.txt\" error: [SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK.|Couldn't connect to server.]/, 1],
-#	},
-#	match_response => {
-#		status => qr/^404$/,
-#	},
-#	request => new HTTP::Request(
-#		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/127.0.0.1.html",
-#		[
-#			"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-#		],
-#		#  Args
-#		"some_variable=-1' and 1=1 union/* foo */select load_file('/etc/passwd')--"
-#	),
-#},
-