diff --git a/tests/compute/iou/test_iou_vm.py b/tests/compute/iou/test_iou_vm.py
index 29efd5c3..24cf8bb7 100644
--- a/tests/compute/iou/test_iou_vm.py
+++ b/tests/compute/iou/test_iou_vm.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def test_application_id(project, manager):
     """
     Checks if uses local manager to get application_id when not set
     """
-    vm = IOUVM("test", str(uuid.uuid4()), project, manager)
+    vm = IOUVM("test", str(uuid.uuid4()), project, manager, application_id=1)
     assert vm.application_id == 1
 
     vm.application_id = 3
diff --git a/tests/compute/iou/utils/test_application_id.py b/tests/compute/iou/utils/test_application_id.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e7302c5c..00000000
--- a/tests/compute/iou/utils/test_application_id.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2017 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import pytest
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-from gns3server.compute.iou.utils.application_id import get_next_application_id, IOUError
-
-
-def test_get_next_application_id():
-    # test first node
-    assert get_next_application_id([]) == 1
-
-    # test second node
-    nodes = [
-        MagicMock(node_type='different'),
-        MagicMock(node_type='iou', properties=dict(application_id=1))
-    ]
-    assert get_next_application_id(nodes) == 2
-
-    # test reach out the limit
-    nodes = [MagicMock(node_type='iou', properties=dict(application_id=i)) for i in range(1, 512)]
-
-    with pytest.raises(IOUError):
-        get_next_application_id(nodes)
diff --git a/tests/controller/test_project.py b/tests/controller/test_project.py
index af8b3079..deb61b16 100644
--- a/tests/controller/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/controller/test_project.py
@@ -605,27 +605,6 @@ def test_node_name(project, async_run):
     assert node.name == "R3"
 
 
-def test_add_iou_node_and_check_if_gets_application_id(project, async_run):
-    compute = MagicMock()
-    compute.id = "local"
-    response = MagicMock()
-    response.json = {"console": 2048}
-    compute.post = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value=response)
-
-    # tests if get_next_application_id is called
-    with patch('gns3server.controller.project.get_next_application_id', return_value=222) as mocked_get_app_id:
-        node = async_run(project.add_node(
-            compute, "test", None, node_type="iou", properties={"startup_config": "test.cfg"}))
-        assert mocked_get_app_id.called
-        assert node.properties['application_id'] == 222
-
-    # tests if we can send property and it will be used
-    node = async_run(project.add_node(
-        compute, "test", None, node_type="iou", application_id=333, properties={"startup_config": "test.cfg"}))
-    assert mocked_get_app_id.called
-    assert node.properties['application_id'] == 333
-
-
 def test_duplicate_node(project, async_run):
     compute = MagicMock()
     compute.id = "local"