diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
index 0cf0098d3150365c048a5a973cdc6ea42008dfc2..f786452f946eff2d12e901a466d789a61333433d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@ def test_connection_no_db
         end
       end
 
-      def test_connection_no_adapter
-        assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
-          Base.sqlite3_connection :database => ':memory:'
-        end
-      end
-
-      def test_connection_wrong_adapter
-        assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
-          Base.sqlite3_connection :database => ':memory:',:adapter => 'vuvuzela'
-        end
-      end
-
       def test_bad_timeout
         assert_raises(TypeError) do
           Base.sqlite3_connection :database => ':memory:',