diff --git a/d2m/actions/create-room.test.js b/d2m/actions/create-room.test.js
index 93f9203..e40bf6f 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/create-room.test.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/create-room.test.js
@@ -5,34 +5,7 @@ const {kstateStripConditionals} = require("../../matrix/kstate")
 const {test} = require("supertape")
 const testData = require("../../test/data")
 
-const passthrough = require("../../passthrough")
-const {db} = passthrough
-
-test("channel2room: discoverable privacy room", async t => {
-	db.prepare("UPDATE guild_space SET privacy_level = 2").run()
-	t.deepEqual(
-		kstateStripConditionals(await channelToKState(testData.channel.general, testData.guild.general).then(x => x.channelKState)),
-		Object.assign({}, testData.room.general, {
-			"m.room.guest_access/": {guest_access: "forbidden"},
-			"m.room.join_rules/": {join_rule: "public"},
-			"m.room.history_visibility/": {history_visibility: "world_readable"}
-		})
-	)
-})
-
-test("channel2room: linkable privacy room", async t => {
-	db.prepare("UPDATE guild_space SET privacy_level = 1").run()
-	t.deepEqual(
-		kstateStripConditionals(await channelToKState(testData.channel.general, testData.guild.general).then(x => x.channelKState)),
-		Object.assign({}, testData.room.general, {
-			"m.room.guest_access/": {guest_access: "forbidden"},
-			"m.room.join_rules/": {join_rule: "public"}
-		})
-	)
-})
-
-test("channel2room: invite-only privacy room", async t => {
-	db.prepare("UPDATE guild_space SET privacy_level = 0").run()
+test("channel2room: general", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
 		kstateStripConditionals(await channelToKState(testData.channel.general, testData.guild.general).then(x => x.channelKState)),
 		testData.room.general
diff --git a/registration.example.yaml b/registration.example.yaml
index 9e7cd2c..bad42fe 100644
--- a/registration.example.yaml
+++ b/registration.example.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ ooye:
   server_name: [the part after the colon in your matrix id, like cadence.moe]
   server_origin: [the full protocol and domain of your actual matrix server's location, with no trailing slash, like https://matrix.cadence.moe]
   invite:
-    # uncomment this to auto-invite the named user to newly created spaces and mark them as admin (PL 100) everywhere
-    # - @cadence:cadence.moe
+    # - @cadence:cadence.moe # uncomment this to auto-invite the named user to newly created spaces
diff --git a/test/data.js b/test/data.js
index c5a1f8e..4919beb 100644
--- a/test/data.js
+++ b/test/data.js
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ module.exports = {
 			"m.room.power_levels/": {
 				events: {
 					"m.room.avatar": 0
-				},
-				users: {
-					"@test_auto_invite:example.org": 100
 				}
 			},
 			"chat.schildi.hide_ui/read_receipts": {hidden: true},
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 5e15a14..280503d 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const db = new sqlite(":memory:")
 
 const reg = require("../matrix/read-registration")
 reg.ooye.server_origin = "https://matrix.cadence.moe" // so that tests will pass even when hard-coded
-reg.ooye.invite = ["@test_auto_invite:example.org"]
 
 const sync = new HeatSync({watchFS: false})