diff --git a/tests/ApiTest.php b/tests/ApiTest.php
index 81f77531d..c7f3f8cd6 100644
--- a/tests/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiTest.php
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ use Friendica\Network\BadRequestException;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmarty;
 
-require_once 'include/dba.php';
-
 /**
  * Tests for the API functions.
  *
@@ -2731,7 +2729,7 @@ class ApiTest extends DatabaseTest
 	public function testApiDirectMessagesNewWithUserId()
 	{
 		$_POST['text'] = 'message_text';
-		$_POST['user_id'] = $this->otherUser['id'];
+		$_POST['user_id'] = $this->friendUser['id'];
 		$result = api_direct_messages_new('json');
 		$this->assertEquals(['direct_message' => ['error' => -1]], $result);
 	}
@@ -3395,8 +3393,6 @@ class ApiTest extends DatabaseTest
 	 */
 	public function testApiGetNick()
 	{
-		var_dump(\dba::inArray(\dba::select('contact')));
-
 		$result = api_get_nick($this->otherUser['nurl']);
 		$this->assertEquals('othercontact', $result);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/datasets/api.yml b/tests/datasets/api.yml
index eacb30a50..25c9dade6 100644
--- a/tests/datasets/api.yml
+++ b/tests/datasets/api.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ contact:
         network: dfrn
     -
         id: 43
-        uid: 42
+        uid: 0
         # Having the same name and nick allows us to test
         # the fallback to api_get_nick() in api_get_user()
         name: othercontact
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ contact:
         network: dfrn
     -
         id: 44
-        uid: 0
+        uid: 42
         name: Friend contact
         nick: friendcontact
         self: 0