diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/clearState.test.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/clearState.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c5e5c1422b..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/clearState.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import * as setup from './setup';
-
-describe.skip('clear state', () => {
-  it('will clear state', () => {
-    return setup.clearState();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/client.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/client.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a45b30a3f1..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/client.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-const axios = require('axios');
-
-export function getClient(options) {
-  return axios.create({
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000',
-    timeout: 1000,
-    auth: {
-      username: options.username,
-      password: options.password,
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-export function getAdminClient() {
-  return getClient({
-    username: 'admin',
-    password: 'admin',
-  });
-}
-
-let client = getAdminClient();
-
-client.callAs = function (user) {
-  return getClient({
-    username: user.login,
-    password: 'password',
-  });
-};
-
-export default client;
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/dashboard.test.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/dashboard.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a318158a091..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/dashboard.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import client from './client';
-import * as setup from './setup';
-
-describe('/api/dashboards', () => {
-  let state = {};
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    state = await setup.ensureState({
-      orgName: 'api-test-org',
-      users: [
-        { user: setup.admin, role: 'Admin' },
-        { user: setup.editor, role: 'Editor' },
-        { user: setup.viewer, role: 'Viewer' },
-      ],
-      admin: setup.admin,
-      dashboards: [
-        {
-          title: 'aaa',
-          uid: 'aaa',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'bbb',
-          uid: 'bbb',
-        },
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('With admin user', () => {
-    it('can delete dashboard', async () => {
-      let rsp = await client.callAs(setup.admin).delete(`/api/dashboards/uid/aaa`);
-      expect(rsp.data.title).toBe('aaa');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('With viewer user', () => {
-    it('Cannot delete dashboard', async () => {
-      let rsp = await setup.expectError(() => {
-        return client.callAs(setup.viewer).delete(`/api/dashboards/uid/bbb`);
-      });
-
-      expect(rsp.response.status).toBe(403);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/folder.test.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/folder.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 180238a67ad..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/folder.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import client from './client';
-import * as setup from './setup';
-
-describe('/api/folders', () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    await setup.ensureState({
-      orgName: 'api-test-org',
-      users: [
-        { user: setup.admin, role: 'Admin' },
-        { user: setup.editor, role: 'Editor' },
-        { user: setup.viewer, role: 'Viewer' },
-      ],
-      admin: setup.admin,
-      folders: [
-        {
-          title: 'Folder 1',
-          uid: 'f-01',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'Folder 2',
-          uid: 'f-02',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'Folder 3',
-          uid: 'f-03',
-        },
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('With admin user', () => {
-    it('can delete folder', async () => {
-      let rsp = await client.callAs(setup.admin).delete(`/api/folders/f-01`);
-      expect(rsp.data.title).toBe('Folder 1');
-    });
-
-    it('can update folder', async () => {
-      let rsp = await client.callAs(setup.admin).put(`/api/folders/f-02`, {
-        uid: 'f-02',
-        title: 'Folder 2 upd',
-        overwrite: true,
-      });
-      expect(rsp.data.title).toBe('Folder 2 upd');
-    });
-
-    it('can update folder uid', async () => {
-      let rsp = await client.callAs(setup.admin).put(`/api/folders/f-03`, {
-        uid: 'f-03-upd',
-        title: 'Folder 3 upd',
-        overwrite: true,
-      });
-      expect(rsp.data.uid).toBe('f-03-upd');
-      expect(rsp.data.title).toBe('Folder 3 upd');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('With viewer user', () => {
-    it('Cannot delete folder', async () => {
-      let rsp = await setup.expectError(() => {
-        return client.callAs(setup.viewer).delete(`/api/folders/f-02`);
-      });
-      expect(rsp.response.status).toBe(403);
-    });
-
-    it('Cannot update folder', async () => {
-      let rsp = await setup.expectError(() => {
-        return client.callAs(setup.viewer).put(`/api/folders/f-02`, {
-          uid: 'f-02',
-          title: 'Folder 2 upd',
-          overwrite: true,
-        });
-      });
-      expect(rsp.response.status).toBe(403);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/jest.js b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/jest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2471c87cee2..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/jest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  verbose: true,
-  globals: {
-    'ts-jest': {
-      tsConfigFile: 'tsconfig.json',
-    },
-  },
-  transform: {
-    '^.+\\.tsx?$': '<rootDir>/../../node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js',
-  },
-  moduleDirectories: ['node_modules'],
-  testRegex: '(\\.|/)(test)\\.ts$',
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
-  moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'js', 'json'],
-};
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/search.test.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/search.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 91d1ebf0d35..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/search.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import client from './client';
-import * as setup from './setup';
-
-describe('GET /api/search', () => {
-  const state = {};
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    state = await setup.ensureState({
-      orgName: 'api-test-org',
-      users: [{ user: setup.admin, role: 'Admin' }],
-      admin: setup.admin,
-      dashboards: [
-        {
-          title: 'Dashboard in root no permissions',
-          uid: 'AAA',
-        },
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('With admin user', () => {
-    it('should return all dashboards', async () => {
-      let rsp = await client.callAs(state.admin).get('/api/search');
-      expect(rsp.data).toHaveLength(1);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/setup.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/setup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b0b20b8b8..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/setup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-import client from './client';
-import _ from 'lodash;';
-
-export const editor = {
-  email: 'api-test-editor@grafana.com',
-  login: 'api-test-editor',
-  password: 'password',
-  name: 'Api Test Editor',
-};
-
-export const admin = {
-  email: 'api-test-admin@grafana.com',
-  login: 'api-test-admin',
-  password: 'password',
-  name: 'Api Test Super',
-};
-
-export const viewer = {
-  email: 'api-test-viewer@grafana.com',
-  login: 'api-test-viewer',
-  password: 'password',
-  name: 'Api Test Viewer',
-};
-
-export async function expectError(callback) {
-  try {
-    let rsp = await callback();
-    return rsp;
-  } catch (err) {
-    return err;
-  }
-
-  return rsp;
-}
-
-// deletes org if it's already there
-export async function getOrg(orgName) {
-  try {
-    const rsp = await client.get(`/api/orgs/name/${orgName}`);
-    await client.delete(`/api/orgs/${rsp.data.id}`);
-  } catch {}
-
-  const rsp = await client.post(`/api/orgs`, { name: orgName });
-  return { name: orgName, id: rsp.data.orgId };
-}
-
-export async function getUser(user) {
-  const search = await client.get('/api/users/search', {
-    params: { query: user.login },
-  });
-
-  if (search.data.totalCount === 1) {
-    user.id = search.data.users[0].id;
-    return user;
-  }
-
-  const rsp = await client.post('/api/admin/users', user);
-  user.id = rsp.data.id;
-
-  return user;
-}
-
-export async function addUserToOrg(org, user, role) {
-  const rsp = await client.post(`/api/orgs/${org.id}/users`, {
-    loginOrEmail: user.login,
-    role: role,
-  });
-
-  return rsp.data;
-}
-
-export async function clearState() {
-  const admin = await getUser(adminUser);
-  const rsp = await client.delete(`/api/admin/users/${admin.id}`);
-  return rsp.data;
-}
-
-export async function setUsingOrg(user, org) {
-  await client.callAs(user).post(`/api/user/using/${org.id}`);
-}
-
-export async function createDashboard(user, dashboard) {
-  const rsp = await client.callAs(user).post(`/api/dashboards/db`, {
-    dashboard: dashboard,
-    overwrite: true,
-  });
-  dashboard.id = rsp.data.id;
-  dashboard.url = rsp.data.url;
-
-  return dashboard;
-}
-
-export async function createFolder(user, folder) {
-  const rsp = await client.callAs(user).post(`/api/folders`, {
-    uid: folder.uid,
-    title: folder.title,
-    overwrite: true,
-  });
-  folder.id = rsp.id;
-  folder.url = rsp.url;
-
-  return folder;
-}
-
-export async function ensureState(state) {
-  const org = await getOrg(state.orgName);
-
-  for (let orgUser of state.users) {
-    const user = await getUser(orgUser.user);
-    await addUserToOrg(org, user, orgUser.role);
-    await setUsingOrg(user, org);
-  }
-
-  for (let dashboard of state.dashboards || []) {
-    await createDashboard(state.admin, dashboard);
-  }
-
-  for (let folder of state.folders || []) {
-    await createFolder(state.admin, folder);
-  }
-
-  return state;
-}
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/tsconfig.json b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 322c5f5f278..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "declaration": false,
-    "emitDecoratorMetadata": false,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "inlineSourceMap": false,
-    "lib": ["es6"],
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "noEmitOnError": false,
-    "noImplicitAny": false,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noImplicitThis": false,
-    "noImplicitUseStrict": false,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
-    "target": "es6"
-  },
-  "include": ["*.ts", "**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/user.test.ts b/devenv/e2e-api-tests/user.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ef1c927c69e..00000000000
--- a/devenv/e2e-api-tests/user.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import client from './client';
-import * as setup from './setup';
-
-describe('GET /api/user', () => {
-  it('should return current authed user', async () => {
-    let rsp = await client.get('/api/user');
-    expect(rsp.data.login).toBe('admin');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('PUT /api/user', () => {
-  it('should update current authed user', async () => {
-    const user = await setup.getUser(setup.editor);
-    user.name = 'Updated via test';
-
-    const rsp = await client.callAs(user).put('/api/user', user);
-    expect(rsp.data.message).toBe('User updated');
-
-    const updated = await client.callAs(user).get('/api/user');
-    expect(updated.data.name).toBe('Updated via test');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29511fbc8c0..123f20e53d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "version": "9.3.0-pre",
   "repository": "github:grafana/grafana",
   "scripts": {
-    "api-tests": "jest --notify --watch --config=devenv/e2e-api-tests/jest.js",
     "build": "yarn i18n:compile && NODE_ENV=production webpack --config scripts/webpack/webpack.prod.js",
     "build:nominify": "yarn run build --env noMinify=1",
     "dev": "yarn i18n:compile && webpack --progress --color --config scripts/webpack/webpack.dev.js",
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.42.0",
     "@wojtekmaj/enzyme-adapter-react-17": "0.6.7",
     "autoprefixer": "10.4.13",
-    "axios": "0.27.2",
     "babel-jest": "28.1.3",
     "babel-loader": "9.0.1",
     "babel-plugin-angularjs-annotate": "0.10.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 24e5eac229c..033eb1004d4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13915,16 +13915,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"axios@npm:0.27.2":
-  version: 0.27.2
-  resolution: "axios@npm:0.27.2"
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects: ^1.14.9
-    form-data: ^4.0.0
-  checksum: 38cb7540465fe8c4102850c4368053c21683af85c5fdf0ea619f9628abbcb59415d1e22ebc8a6390d2bbc9b58a9806c874f139767389c862ec9b772235f06854
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "axios@npm:^0.25.0":
   version: 0.25.0
   resolution: "axios@npm:0.25.0"
@@ -20526,16 +20516,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"follow-redirects@npm:^1.14.9":
-  version: 1.15.0
-  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.0"
-  peerDependenciesMeta:
-    debug:
-      optional: true
-  checksum: eaec81c3e0ae57aae2422e38ad3539d0e7279b3a63f9681eeea319bb683dea67502c4e097136b8ce9721542b4e236e092b6b49e34e326cdd7733c274f0a3f378
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "for-in@npm:^1.0.2":
   version: 1.0.2
   resolution: "for-in@npm:1.0.2"
@@ -21665,7 +21645,6 @@ __metadata:
     ansicolor: 1.1.100
     app: "link:./public/app"
     autoprefixer: 10.4.13
-    axios: 0.27.2
     babel-jest: 28.1.3
     babel-loader: 9.0.1
     babel-plugin-angularjs-annotate: 0.10.0