diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 8c86fa252..a80755184 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges(t *testing.T) {
 			func(string) (string, error) {
 				return "true", nil
 			},
-			[]*Commit{&Commit{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"}},
+			[]*Commit{{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"}},
 			0,
 			"test999.txt",
 			nil,
@@ -1810,8 +1810,8 @@ func TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges(t *testing.T) {
 				return "", nil
 			},
 			[]*Commit{
-				&Commit{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"},
-				&Commit{Name: "commit2", Sha: "abcdef"},
+				{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"},
+				{Name: "commit2", Sha: "abcdef"},
 			},
 			0,
 			"test999.txt",
@@ -1855,141 +1855,3 @@ func TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-// TestGitCommandCheckoutFile is a function.
-func TestGitCommandCheckoutFile(t *testing.T) {
-	type scenario struct {
-		testName  string
-		commitSha string
-		fileName  string
-		command   func(string, ...string) *exec.Cmd
-		test      func(error)
-	}
-
-	scenarios := []scenario{
-		{
-			"typical case",
-			"11af912",
-			"test999.txt",
-			test.CreateMockCommand(t, []*test.CommandSwapper{
-				{
-					Expect:  "git checkout 11af912 test999.txt",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-			}),
-			func(err error) {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			"returns error if there is one",
-			"11af912",
-			"test999.txt",
-			test.CreateMockCommand(t, []*test.CommandSwapper{
-				{
-					Expect:  "git checkout 11af912 test999.txt",
-					Replace: "test",
-				},
-			}),
-			func(err error) {
-				assert.Error(t, err)
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	gitCmd := NewDummyGitCommand()
-
-	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		gitCmd.OSCommand.command = s.command
-		s.test(gitCmd.CheckoutFile(s.commitSha, s.fileName))
-	}
-}
-
-// TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges is a function.
-func TestGitCommandDiscardOldFileChanges(t *testing.T) {
-	type scenario struct {
-		testName          string
-		getLocalGitConfig func(string) (string, error)
-		commits           []*Commit
-		commitIndex       int
-		fileName          string
-		command           func(string, ...string) *exec.Cmd
-		test              func(error)
-	}
-
-	scenarios := []scenario{
-		{
-			"returns error when index outside of range of commits",
-			func(string) (string, error) {
-				return "", nil
-			},
-			[]*Commit{},
-			0,
-			"test999.txt",
-			nil,
-			func(err error) {
-				assert.Error(t, err)
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			"returns error when using gpg",
-			func(string) (string, error) {
-				return "true", nil
-			},
-			[]*Commit{&Commit{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"}},
-			0,
-			"test999.txt",
-			nil,
-			func(err error) {
-				assert.Error(t, err)
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			"checks out file if it already existed",
-			func(string) (string, error) {
-				return "", nil
-			},
-			[]*Commit{
-				&Commit{Name: "commit", Sha: "123456"},
-				&Commit{Name: "commit2", Sha: "abcdef"},
-			},
-			0,
-			"test999.txt",
-			test.CreateMockCommand(t, []*test.CommandSwapper{
-				{
-					Expect:  "git rebase --interactive --autostash 123456^",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-				{
-					Expect:  "git cat-file -e HEAD^:test999.txt",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-				{
-					Expect:  "git checkout HEAD^ test999.txt",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-				{
-					Expect:  "git commit --amend --no-edit",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-				{
-					Expect:  "git rebase --continue",
-					Replace: "echo",
-				},
-			}),
-			func(err error) {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-			},
-		},
-		// test for when the file was created within the commit requires a refactor to support proper mocks
-		// currently we'd need to mock out the os.Remove function and that's gonna introduce tech debt
-	}
-
-	gitCmd := NewDummyGitCommand()
-
-	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		gitCmd.OSCommand.command = s.command
-		gitCmd.getLocalGitConfig = s.getLocalGitConfig
-		s.test(gitCmd.DiscardOldFileChanges(s.commits, s.commitIndex, s.fileName))
-	}
-}