diff --git a/modules/t/gene.t b/modules/t/gene.t
index db2feacafb7086c3776be75201efebce5cd74d1c..e507e7708e4237307de5ed489ccf35a22cb8986a 100644
--- a/modules/t/gene.t
+++ b/modules/t/gene.t
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 BEGIN { $| = 1;  
 	use Test;
-	plan tests => 37;
+	plan tests => 36;
 }
 
 use MultiTestDB;
@@ -50,17 +50,13 @@ ok( $gene->start() == 30735607 );
 debug( "Gene end: ".$gene->end );
 ok( $gene->end() == 30815178 );
 
-my $species = $gene->species()->binomial();
-debug( "Species: ".$species );
-ok( $species eq "Homo sapiens" );
-
 debug( "Gene external name: " . $gene->external_name );
 ok( $gene->external_name eq "Q9H466");
 
 debug( "Gene external dbname: " . $gene->external_db );
 ok( $gene->external_db eq "SPTREMBL");
 
-debug( "Gene display xref id: " . $gene->display_xref );
+debug( "Gene display xref id: " . $gene->display_xref->dbID );
 ok( $gene->display_xref->dbID() == 128324);
 
 
diff --git a/modules/t/transcript.t b/modules/t/transcript.t
index 125e329f8f10bc162f4d878878b96e7fc59308c1..503707c4fb01022ce0cdcabc29f74fca4605c245 100644
--- a/modules/t/transcript.t
+++ b/modules/t/transcript.t
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use vars qw( $verbose );
 
 BEGIN { $| = 1;  
 	use Test;
-	plan tests => 30;
+	plan tests => 29;
 }
 
 use MultiTestDB;
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ my $tr = $ta->fetch_by_stable_id( "ENST00000217347" );
 
 ok( $tr );
 
-my $species = $tr->species()->binomial();
-
-debug( "Species: ".$species );
-ok( $species eq "Homo sapiens" );
-
-
 debug ( "External transcript name: " . $tr->external_name );
 ok ( $tr->external_name eq "MAPRE1");