diff --git a/services/.env b/services/.env
--- a/services/.env
+++ b/services/.env
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 COMM_SERVICES_PORT_BLOB=50053
 COMM_SERVICES_PORT_IDENTITY=50054
 COMM_SERVICES_PORT_FEATURE_FLAGS=50055
-COMM_TEST_SERVICES=0
diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
       dockerfile: services/backup/Dockerfile
       context: ../
       args:
-        - COMM_TEST_SERVICES=${COMM_TEST_SERVICES}
         - COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=${COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX}
         - LOCALSTACK_URL=http://localstack:4566
         - BLOB_SERVICE_URL=http://blob-server:50051
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
       dockerfile: services/blob/Dockerfile
       context: ../
       args:
-        - COMM_TEST_SERVICES=${COMM_TEST_SERVICES}
         - COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=${COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX}
     image: commapp/blob-server:0.1
     ports:
@@ -60,6 +58,7 @@
     image: commapp/identity-server:0.1
     ports:
       - '${COMM_SERVICES_PORT_IDENTITY}:50054'
+  # feature-flags
   feature-flags-server:
     depends_on:
       - localstack
diff --git a/services/package.json b/services/package.json
--- a/services/package.json
+++ b/services/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "run-feature-flags-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh feature-flags",
     "run-feature-flags-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh feature-flags",
     "run-all-services": "./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
-    "run-unit-tests": "./scripts/run_unit_tests.sh",
     "run-integration-tests": "./scripts/run_integration_tests.sh",
     "run-performance-tests": "./scripts/run_performance_tests.sh",
     "run-all-services-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh b/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
--- a/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-export COMM_TEST_SERVICES=1
 export COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1
 
 SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh b/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-export COMM_TEST_SERVICES=1
-export COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1
-
-SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
-
-run_unit_test () {
-  echo "unit tests will be run for the $1 service"
-
-  docker-compose build "$1"-server
-  docker-compose run "$1"-server
-}
-
-list_expected () {
-  echo "Expected one of these:";
-  echo "$SERVICES";
-}
-
-if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-  echo "No service specified";
-  list_expected;
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
-if [[ "$1" == "all" ]]; then
-  for SERVICE in $SERVICES; do
-    run_unit_test "$SERVICE"
-  done
-  exit 0;
-fi;
-
-SERVICE=$(grep "$1" <<< "$SERVICES")
-
-if [[ "$SERVICE" != "$1" ]]; then
-  echo "No such service: $1";
-  list_expected;
-  exit 1;
-fi;
-
-run_unit_test "$SERVICE"
diff --git a/services/terraform/dynamodb-test.tf b/services/terraform/dynamodb-test.tf
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/services/terraform/dynamodb-test.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "backup-service-backup-test" {
-  name           = "backup-service-backup-test"
-  hash_key       = "userID"
-  range_key      = "backupID"
-  write_capacity = 10
-  read_capacity  = 10
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "userID"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "backupID"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "created"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  global_secondary_index {
-    name               = "userID-created-index"
-    hash_key           = "userID"
-    range_key          = "created"
-    write_capacity     = 10
-    read_capacity      = 10
-    projection_type    = "INCLUDE"
-    non_key_attributes = ["recoveryData"]
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "backup-service-log-test" {
-  name           = "backup-service-log-test"
-  hash_key       = "backupID"
-  range_key      = "logID"
-  write_capacity = 10
-  read_capacity  = 10
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "backupID"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "logID"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "blob-service-blob-test" {
-  name           = "blob-service-blob-test"
-  hash_key       = "blobHash"
-  write_capacity = 10
-  read_capacity  = 10
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "blobHash"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "blob-service-reverse-index-test" {
-  name           = "blob-service-reverse-index-test"
-  hash_key       = "holder"
-  write_capacity = 10
-  read_capacity  = 10
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "holder"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "blobHash"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  global_secondary_index {
-    name            = "blobHash-index"
-    hash_key        = "blobHash"
-    write_capacity  = 10
-    read_capacity   = 10
-    projection_type = "ALL"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "feature-flags-test" {
-  name         = "feature-flags-test"
-  hash_key     = "platform"
-  range_key    = "feature"
-  billing_mode = "PAY_PER_REQUEST"
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "platform"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-
-  attribute {
-    name = "feature"
-    type = "S"
-  }
-}