diff --git a/tests/TestHelpers/OcisHelper.php b/tests/TestHelpers/OcisHelper.php
index 148c130492..85be2d7eec 100644
--- a/tests/TestHelpers/OcisHelper.php
+++ b/tests/TestHelpers/OcisHelper.php
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;
  * @package TestHelpers
  */
 class OcisHelper {
-	/**
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public static function isTestingOnOcis():bool {
-		return (\getenv("TEST_OCIS") === "true");
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
index be4a8fea01..914edb042f 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
@@ -2961,15 +2961,7 @@ class FeatureContext extends BehatVariablesContext {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public function theFileWithContentShouldExistInTheServerRoot(string $path, string $content): void {
-		if (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
-			$fileContent = $this->readFileInServerRootForOCIS($path);
-		} else {
-			$this->readFileInServerRootForCore($path);
-			$this->theHTTPStatusCodeShouldBe(200, 'Failed to read the file $path');
-			$fileContent = $this->getResponseXml();
-			$fileContent = (string)$fileContent->data->element->contentUrlEncoded;
-			$fileContent = \urldecode($fileContent);
-		}
+		$fileContent = $this->readFileInServerRootForOCIS($path);
 		Assert::assertSame(
 			$content,
 			$fileContent,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
index 4164068a88..a3a1704b25 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
@@ -720,16 +720,15 @@ trait Provisioning {
 		}
 		if (isset($setting["email"])) {
 			$entry['mail'] = $setting["email"];
-		} elseif (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
+		} else {
 			$entry['mail'] = $userId . '@owncloud.com';
 		}
 		$entry['gidNumber'] = 5000;
 		$entry['uidNumber'] = $uidNumber;
 
-		if (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
-			$entry['objectclass'][] = 'ownCloud';
-			$entry['ownCloudUUID'] = WebDavHelper::generateUUIDv4();
-		}
+		$entry['objectclass'][] = 'ownCloud';
+		$entry['ownCloudUUID'] = WebDavHelper::generateUUIDv4();
+
 		if (OcisHelper::isTestingParallelDeployment()) {
 			$entry['ownCloudSelector'] = $this->getOCSelector();
 		}
@@ -765,10 +764,9 @@ trait Provisioning {
 			$entry['objectclass'][] = 'groupOfNames';
 			$entry['member'] = "";
 		}
-		if (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
-			$entry['objectclass'][] = 'ownCloud';
-			$entry['ownCloudUUID'] = WebDavHelper::generateUUIDv4();
-		}
+		$entry['objectclass'][] = 'ownCloud';
+		$entry['ownCloudUUID'] = WebDavHelper::generateUUIDv4();
+
 		$this->ldap->add($newDN, $entry);
 		$this->ldapCreatedGroups[] = $group;
 	}
@@ -1108,12 +1106,6 @@ trait Provisioning {
 		if ($skeleton) {
 			$this->manuallyAddSkeletonFiles($usersAttributes);
 		}
-
-		if ($initialize && ($this->isEmptySkeleton() || !OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis())) {
-			// We need to initialize each user using the individual authentication of each user.
-			// That is not possible in Guzzle6 batch mode. So we do it with normal requests in serial.
-			$this->initializeUsers($users);
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2991,30 +2983,6 @@ trait Provisioning {
 		$this->lastUploadTime = \time();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Touch an API end-point for each user so that their file-system gets setup
-	 *
-	 * @param array $users
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 * @throws Exception
-	 */
-	public function initializeUsers(array $users):void {
-		$url = "/cloud/users/%s";
-		foreach ($users as $user) {
-			$response = OcsApiHelper::sendRequest(
-				$this->getBaseUrl(),
-				$user,
-				$this->getPasswordForUser($user),
-				'GET',
-				\sprintf($url, $user),
-				$this->getStepLineRef()
-			);
-			$this->setResponse($response);
-			$this->theHTTPStatusCodeShouldBe(200);
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * adds a user to the list of users that were created during test runs
 	 * makes it possible to use this list in other test steps
@@ -3292,13 +3260,11 @@ trait Provisioning {
 		} elseif (OcisHelper::isTestingWithGraphApi()) {
 			$requestingUser = $this->getAdminUsername();
 			$requestingPassword = $this->getAdminPassword();
-		} elseif (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
+		} else {
 			$requestingUser = 'moss';
 			$requestingPassword = 'vista';
-		} else {
-			$requestingUser = $this->getActualUsername($user);
-			$requestingPassword = $this->getPasswordForUser($requestingUser);
 		}
+
 		$path = (OcisHelper::isTestingWithGraphApi())
 			? "/graph/v1.0"
 			: "/ocs/v2.php/cloud";
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SearchContext.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SearchContext.php
index 173c917586..466bfcff8e 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SearchContext.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/SearchContext.php
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ class SearchContext implements Context {
 		TableNode $properties = null
 	):void {
 		// Because indexing of newly uploaded files or directories with ocis is decoupled and occurs asynchronously, a short wait is necessary before searching files or folders.
-		if (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis()) {
-			sleep(4);
-		}
+		sleep(4);
 		$user = $this->featureContext->getActualUsername($user);
 		$baseUrl = $this->featureContext->getBaseUrl();
 		$password = $this->featureContext->getPasswordForUser($user);
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/WebDav.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/WebDav.php
index 7746a29571..fab76db9d4 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/WebDav.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/WebDav.php
@@ -5344,7 +5344,7 @@ trait WebDav {
 		if ($multistatusResults !== null) {
 			foreach ($multistatusResults as $multistatusResult) {
 				$entryPath = $multistatusResult['value'][0]['value'];
-				if (OcisHelper::isTestingOnOcis() && $method === "REPORT") {
+				if ($method === "REPORT") {
 					if ($entryNameToSearch !== null && str_ends_with($entryPath, $entryNameToSearch)) {
 						return $multistatusResult;
 					} else {