diff --git a/gtsam/base/tests/testVector.cpp b/gtsam/base/tests/testVector.cpp
index 7e794ac04..790e0922c 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/tests/testVector.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/base/tests/testVector.cpp
@@ -119,36 +119,6 @@ TEST(Vector, negate )
   EXPECT(assert_equal(b, -a));
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST(Vector, sub )
-{
-  Vector a(6);
-  a(0) = 10; a(1) = 20; a(2) = 3;
-  a(3) = 34; a(4) = 11; a(5) = 2;
-
-  Vector result(a.segment(2,3));
-
-  Vector b(3);
-  b(0) = 3; b(1) = 34; b(2) =11;
-
-  EXPECT(b==result);
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(b, result));
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST(Vector, subInsert )
-{
-  Vector big = zero(6),
-       small = ones(3);
-
-  size_t i = 2;
-  big.segment(i,small.size()) = small;
-
-  Vector expected = (Vector(6) << 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0).finished();
-
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(expected, big));
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 TEST(Vector, householder )
 {
@@ -252,17 +222,6 @@ TEST(Vector, weightedPseudoinverse_nan )
   DOUBLES_EQUAL(100, precision, 1e-5);
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST(Vector, ediv )
-{
-  Vector a = Vector3(10., 20., 30.);
-  Vector b = Vector3(2.0, 5.0, 6.0);
-  Vector actual(a.cwiseQuotient(b));
-
-  Vector c = Vector3(5.0, 4.0, 5.0);
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(c,actual));
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 TEST(Vector, dot )
 {
@@ -302,13 +261,6 @@ TEST(Vector, greater_than )
   EXPECT(greaterThanOrEqual(v1, v2)); // test equals
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-TEST(Vector, reciprocal )
-{
-  Vector v = Vector3(1.0, 2.0, 4.0);
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(Vector3(1.0, 0.5, 0.25), (Vector) v.array().inverse()));
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 TEST(Vector, linear_dependent )
 {