diff --git a/tests/e2e/README.md b/tests/e2e/README.md
index 0f1ef4b40e..e5fd1ca6c0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/README.md
+++ b/tests/e2e/README.md
@@ -20,32 +20,6 @@ make clean frontend
 npx playwright install-deps
 ```
 
-## Interactive testing
-
-You can make use of Playwright's integrated UI mode to run individual tests,
-get feedback and visually trace what your browser is doing.
-
-To do so, launch the debugserver using:
-
-```
-make test-e2e-debugserver
-```
-
-Then launch the Playwright UI:
-
-```
-npx playwright test --ui
-```
-
-You can also run individual tests while the debugserver using:
-
-```
-npx playwright test actions.test.e2e.js:9
-```
-
-First, specify the complete test filename,
-and after the colon you can put the linenumber where the test is defined.
-
 
 ## Run all tests via local act_runner
 ```
diff --git a/tests/e2e/issue-sidebar.test.e2e.js b/tests/e2e/issue-sidebar.test.e2e.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 41b1b2064a..0000000000
--- a/tests/e2e/issue-sidebar.test.e2e.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
-import {login_user, load_logged_in_context} from './utils_e2e.js';
-
-test.beforeAll(async ({browser}, workerInfo) => {
-  await login_user(browser, workerInfo, 'user2');
-});
-
-async function login({browser}, workerInfo) {
-  const context = await load_logged_in_context(browser, workerInfo, 'user2');
-  return await context.newPage();
-}
-
-// belongs to test: Pull: Toggle WIP
-const prTitle = 'pull5';
-
-async function click_toggle_wip({page}) {
-  await page.locator('.toggle-wip>a').click();
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-}
-
-async function check_wip({page}, is) {
-  const elemTitle = '#issue-title-display';
-  const stateLabel = '.issue-state-label';
-  await expect(page.locator(elemTitle)).toContainText(prTitle);
-  await expect(page.locator(elemTitle)).toContainText('#5');
-  if (is) {
-    await expect(page.locator(elemTitle)).toContainText('WIP');
-    await expect(page.locator(stateLabel)).toContainText('Draft');
-  } else {
-    await expect(page.locator(elemTitle)).not.toContainText('WIP');
-    await expect(page.locator(stateLabel)).toContainText('Open');
-  }
-}
-
-test('Pull: Toggle WIP', async ({browser}, workerInfo) => {
-  test.skip(workerInfo.project.name === 'Mobile Safari', 'Unable to get tests working on Safari Mobile, see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/3445#issuecomment-1789636');
-  const page = await login({browser}, workerInfo);
-  const response = await page.goto('/user2/repo1/pulls/5');
-  await expect(response?.status()).toBe(200); // Status OK
-  // initial state
-  await check_wip({page}, false);
-  // toggle to WIP
-  await click_toggle_wip({page});
-  await check_wip({page}, true);
-  // remove WIP
-  await click_toggle_wip({page});
-  await check_wip({page}, false);
-
-  // manually edit title to another prefix
-  await page.locator('#issue-title-edit-show').click();
-  await page.locator('#issue-title-editor input').fill(`[WIP] ${prTitle}`);
-  await page.getByText('Save').click();
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-  await check_wip({page}, true);
-  // remove again
-  await click_toggle_wip({page});
-  await check_wip({page}, false);
-});
-
-test('Issue: Labels', async ({browser}, workerInfo) => {
-  test.skip(workerInfo.project.name === 'Mobile Safari', 'Unable to get tests working on Safari Mobile, see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/3445#issuecomment-1789636');
-  const page = await login({browser}, workerInfo);
-  // select label list in sidebar only
-  const labelList = page.locator('.issue-content-right .labels-list a');
-  const response = await page.goto('/user2/repo1/issues/1');
-  await expect(response?.status()).toBe(200);
-  // preconditions
-  await expect(labelList.filter({hasText: 'label1'})).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(labelList.filter({hasText: 'label2'})).not.toBeVisible();
-  // add label2
-  await page.locator('.select-label').click();
-  // label search could be tested this way:
-  // await page.locator('.select-label input').fill('label2');
-  await page.locator('.select-label .item').filter({hasText: 'label2'}).click();
-  await page.locator('.select-label').click();
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-  await expect(labelList.filter({hasText: 'label2'})).toBeVisible();
-  // test removing label again
-  await page.locator('.select-label').click();
-  await page.locator('.select-label .item').filter({hasText: 'label2'}).click();
-  await page.locator('.select-label').click();
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-  await expect(labelList.filter({hasText: 'label2'})).not.toBeVisible();
-  await expect(labelList.filter({hasText: 'label1'})).toBeVisible();
-});