diff --git a/tests/end2end/test_insert_mode.py b/tests/end2end/test_insert_mode.py
index d28ac20d2..3d7b9999d 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/test_insert_mode.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/test_insert_mode.py
@@ -63,24 +63,7 @@ def test_insert_mode(file_name, elem_id, source, input_text, auto_insert, zoom,
         raise ValueError("Invalid source {!r}".format(source))
 
     quteproc.wait_for_js('contents: {}'.format(input_text))
-
     quteproc.send_cmd(':leave-mode')
-    quteproc.send_cmd(':click-element --force-event id {}'.format(elem_id))
-    quteproc.wait_for(message='Entering mode KeyMode.insert (reason: *)')
-
-    if not request.config.webengine:
-        quteproc.send_cmd(':enter-mode caret')
-        quteproc.send_cmd(':toggle-selection')
-        quteproc.send_cmd(':move-to-prev-word')
-
-    quteproc.send_cmd(':yank selection')
-
-    expected_message = '{} chars yanked to clipboard'.format(len(input_text))
-    quteproc.mark_expected(category='message',
-                           loglevel=logging.INFO,
-                           message=expected_message)
-    quteproc.wait_for(
-        message='Setting fake clipboard: {}'.format(json.dumps(input_text)))
 
 
 def test_auto_leave_insert_mode(quteproc):