diff --git a/api/handlers/service_binding_test.go b/api/handlers/service_binding_test.go
index 0d46ba13f..923c42f52 100644
--- a/api/handlers/service_binding_test.go
+++ b/api/handlers/service_binding_test.go
@@ -91,44 +91,6 @@ var _ = Describe("ServiceBinding", func() {
 				requestValidator.DecodeAndValidateJSONPayloadStub = decodeAndValidatePayloadStub(&payload)
 			})
 
-			When("binding to a managed service instance", func() {
-				BeforeEach(func() {
-					serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceReturns(repositories.ServiceInstanceRecord{
-						GUID:      "service-instance-guid",
-						SpaceGUID: "space-guid",
-						Type:      korifiv1alpha1.ManagedType,
-					}, nil)
-
-					serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingReturns(repositories.ServiceBindingRecord{
-						GUID: "service-binding-guid",
-						Type: korifiv1alpha1.CFServiceBindingTypeKey,
-					}, nil)
-				})
-
-				It("creates a binding", func() {
-					Expect(serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
-					Expect(serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
-					_, actualAuthInfo, createServiceBindingMessage := serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingArgsForCall(0)
-					Expect(actualAuthInfo).To(Equal(authInfo))
-					Expect(createServiceBindingMessage.ServiceInstanceGUID).To(Equal("service-instance-guid"))
-					Expect(createServiceBindingMessage.SpaceGUID).To(Equal("space-guid"))
-					Expect(createServiceBindingMessage.Type).To(Equal(korifiv1alpha1.CFServiceBindingTypeKey))
-					Expect(rr).To(HaveHTTPStatus(http.StatusAccepted))
-					Expect(rr).To(HaveHTTPHeaderWithValue("Location",
-						ContainSubstring("/v3/jobs/managed_service_binding.create~service-binding-guid")))
-				})
-
-				When("creating the ServiceBinding errors", func() {
-					BeforeEach(func() {
-						serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingReturns(repositories.ServiceBindingRecord{}, errors.New("boom"))
-					})
-
-					It("returns an error", func() {
-						expectUnknownError()
-					})
-				})
-			})
-
 			When("binding to a user provided service instance", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
 					serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceReturns(repositories.ServiceInstanceRecord{
@@ -138,55 +100,11 @@ var _ = Describe("ServiceBinding", func() {
 					}, nil)
 				})
 
-				It("returns an error", func() {
+				It("returns an unprocessable entity error", func() {
 					Expect(serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingCallCount()).To(Equal(0))
 					expectUnprocessableEntityError("Service credential bindings of type 'key' are not supported for user-provided service instances.")
 				})
 			})
-
-			It("validates the payload", func() {
-				Expect(requestValidator.DecodeAndValidateJSONPayloadCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
-				actualReq, _ := requestValidator.DecodeAndValidateJSONPayloadArgsForCall(0)
-				Expect(bodyString(actualReq)).To(Equal("the-json-body"))
-			})
-
-			When("the request body is invalid json", func() {
-				BeforeEach(func() {
-					requestValidator.DecodeAndValidateJSONPayloadReturns(errors.New("boom"))
-				})
-
-				It("returns an error", func() {
-					expectUnknownError()
-				})
-			})
-
-			It("gets the service instance", func() {
-				Expect(serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
-				_, actualAuthInfo, actualServiceInstanceGUID := serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceArgsForCall(0)
-				Expect(actualAuthInfo).To(Equal(authInfo))
-				Expect(actualServiceInstanceGUID).To(Equal("service-instance-guid"))
-			})
-
-			When("getting the service instance is forbidden", func() {
-				BeforeEach(func() {
-					serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceReturns(repositories.ServiceInstanceRecord{}, apierrors.NewForbiddenError(nil, repositories.ServiceInstanceResourceType))
-				})
-
-				It("returns a not found error", func() {
-					expectNotFoundError(repositories.ServiceInstanceResourceType)
-				})
-			})
-
-			When("getting the ServiceInstance errors", func() {
-				BeforeEach(func() {
-					serviceInstanceRepo.GetServiceInstanceReturns(repositories.ServiceInstanceRecord{}, errors.New("boom"))
-				})
-
-				It("returns an error and doesn't create the ServiceBinding", func() {
-					expectUnknownError()
-					Expect(serviceBindingRepo.CreateServiceBindingCallCount()).To(Equal(0))
-				})
-			})
 		})
 
 		When("creating a service binding of type app", func() {