diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/management/commands/tests/test_send_verification_expiry_email.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/management/commands/tests/test_send_verification_expiry_email.py
index a43e91859f..11449eccd4 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/management/commands/tests/test_send_verification_expiry_email.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/management/commands/tests/test_send_verification_expiry_email.py
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ from django.core.management import call_command, CommandError
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from mock import patch
-from student.tests.factories import CourseEnrollmentFactory, UserFactory
+from student.tests.factories import UserFactory
 from testfixtures import LogCapture
-from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
-from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
 
-from common.test.utils import MockS3Mixin, py2_only
+from common.test.utils import MockS3Mixin
 from lms.djangoapps.verify_student.models import SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification
 from lms.djangoapps.verify_student.tests.test_models import FAKE_SETTINGS, mock_software_secure_post
 
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ LOGGER_NAME = 'lms.djangoapps.verify_student.management.commands.send_verificati
 
 @patch.dict(settings.VERIFY_STUDENT, FAKE_SETTINGS)
 @patch('lms.djangoapps.verify_student.models.requests.post', new=mock_software_secure_post)
-class TestSendVerificationExpiryEmail(MockS3Mixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
+class TestSendVerificationExpiryEmail(MockS3Mixin):
     """ Tests for django admin command `send_verification_expiry_email` in the verify_student module """
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -206,30 +204,6 @@ class TestSendVerificationExpiryEmail(MockS3Mixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 1)
         self.assertIsNone(attempt.expiry_email_date)
 
-    @py2_only
-    def test_user_enrolled_in_verified_course(self):
-        """
-        Test that if the user is enrolled in verified track, then after sending the default no of
-        emails, `expiry_email_date` is updated to now() so that it's filtered in the future to send
-        email again.
-
-        Does not work on python 3 with the latest mongo driver version due to class inheritance issues.
-        """
-        user = UserFactory.create()
-        course = CourseFactory()
-        CourseEnrollmentFactory.create(user=user, course_id=course.id, mode='verified')
-        today = now().replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
-        verification = self.create_and_submit(user)
-        verification.status = 'approved'
-        verification.expiry_date = now() - timedelta(days=self.resend_days * (self.default_no_of_emails - 1))
-        verification.expiry_email_date = today - timedelta(days=self.resend_days)
-        verification.save()
-
-        call_command('send_verification_expiry_email')
-
-        attempt = SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification.objects.get(pk=verification.id)
-        self.assertEqual(attempt.expiry_email_date, today)
-
     def test_number_of_emails_sent(self):
         """
         Tests that the number of emails sent in case the user is only enrolled in audit track are same