diff --git a/test/spec/ol/map.test.js b/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
index 2775487034..8fea115322 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
@@ -120,118 +120,13 @@ describe('ol.Map', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('user animation', function() {
-
-    var layer, map;
-    beforeEach(function() {
-      // always use setTimeout based shim for requestAnimationFrame
-      sinon.stub(goog.async.AnimationDelay.prototype, 'getRaf_',
-          function() {return null;});
-
-      layer = new ol.layer.TileLayer({
-        source: new ol.source.XYZ({
-          url: 'foo',
-          maxZoom: 2
-        })
-      });
-
-      map = new ol.Map({
-        layers: new ol.Collection([layer]),
-        renderer: ol.RendererHint.DOM,
-        target: document.createElement('div'),
-        view: new ol.View2D({
-          center: [0, 0],
-          zoom: 1
-        })
-      });
-    });
-
-    afterEach(function() {
-      map.dispose();
-      layer.dispose();
-    });
-
-    it('can set up an animation loop', function(done) {
-
-      function quadInOut(t, b, c, d) {
-        if ((t /= d / 2) < 1) {
-          return c / 2 * t * t + b;
-        }
-        return -c / 2 * ((--t) * (t - 2) - 1) + b;
-      }
-
-      var duration = 500;
-      var destination = [1000, 1000];
-
-      var origin = map.getView().getCenter();
-      var start = new Date().getTime();
-      var x0 = origin[0];
-      var y0 = origin[1];
-      var dx = destination[0] - origin[0];
-      var dy = destination[1] - origin[1];
-
-      var o = {
-        callback: function() {
-          var dt = new Date().getTime() - start;
-          var more = dt <= duration,
-              x, y;
-          if (more) {
-            x = quadInOut(dt, x0, dx, duration);
-            y = quadInOut(dt, y0, dy, duration);
-          } else {
-            x = destination[0];
-            y = destination[1];
-          }
-          map.getView().setCenter([x, y]);
-          if (more) {
-            animationDelay.start();
-          }
-        }
-      };
-
-      sinon.spy(o, 'callback');
-
-      var animationDelay = new goog.async.AnimationDelay(o.callback);
-
-      animationDelay.start();
-
-      // confirm that the center is somewhere between origin and destination
-      // after a short delay
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        expect(o.callback).to.be.called();
-        var loc = map.getView().getCenter();
-        expect(loc[0]).not.to.eql(origin[0]);
-        expect(loc[1]).not.to.eql(origin[1]);
-        if (new Date().getTime() - start < duration) {
-          expect(loc[0]).not.to.eql(destination[0]);
-          expect(loc[1]).not.to.eql(destination[1]);
-        }
-      }, goog.async.AnimationDelay.TIMEOUT);
-
-      // confirm that the map has reached the destination after the duration
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        var loc = map.getView().getCenter();
-        expect(loc[0]).to.eql(destination[0]);
-        expect(loc[1]).to.eql(destination[1]);
-        done();
-      }, duration + 2 * goog.async.AnimationDelay.TIMEOUT);
-
-    });
-
-  });
-
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.async.AnimationDelay');
 goog.require('goog.dispose');
 goog.require('goog.dom');
-goog.require('ol.Collection');
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.RendererHint');
 goog.require('ol.RendererHints');
-goog.require('ol.View2D');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.DblClickZoom');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.MouseWheelZoom');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.defaults');
-goog.require('ol.layer.TileLayer');
-goog.require('ol.source.XYZ');