diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/Uploader.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/Uploader.js
index 32b8186a4a..318d513f7c 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/Uploader.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/Uploader.js
@@ -437,11 +437,6 @@ class Uploader {
    * start the tus upload
    */
   uploadTus () {
-    if (!this.failed) {
-      this.failed = true
-      setTimeout(() => this.emitError(new Error('test')), 1000)
-      return
-    }
     const file = fs.createReadStream(this.path)
     const uploader = this
 
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/tus/package.json b/packages/@uppy/tus/package.json
index 161d76cb7f..4a6bd7575e 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/tus/package.json
+++ b/packages/@uppy/tus/package.json
@@ -28,8 +28,5 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@uppy/core": "^2.0.0"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "nock": "^13.1.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.js b/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.js
index 5a242a8041..0b00c3d6a8 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.js
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ module.exports = class Tus extends BasePlugin {
     this.uppy.emit('upload-started', file)
     this.uppy.log(file.remote.url)
 
-    if (file.serverToken && file.response) {
+    if (file.serverToken) {
       return this.connectToServerSocket(file)
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.test.js b/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.test.js
index f0149d0dec..2be713cf28 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/tus/src/index.test.js
@@ -1,38 +1,28 @@
 const Core = require('@uppy/core')
-const nock = require('nock')
-
 const Tus = require('.')
 
-const KB = 1024
-
 describe('Tus', () => {
-  it('Throws errors if autoRetry option is passed', () => {
+  it('Throws errors if autoRetry option is true', () => {
     const uppy = new Core()
-    const errorMsg = /The `autoRetry` option was deprecated and has been removed/
 
-    expect(() => uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: true })).toThrowError(errorMsg)
-    expect(() => uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: false })).toThrowError(errorMsg)
-    expect(() => uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: undefined })).toThrowError(errorMsg)
+    expect(() => {
+      uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: true })
+    }).toThrowError(/The `autoRetry` option was deprecated and has been removed/)
   })
 
-  it('should do POST request again when retrying', async () => {
+  it('Throws errors if autoRetry option is false', () => {
     const uppy = new Core()
-    const endpoint = 'https://tusd.tusdemo.net/files/'
-    const scope = nock(endpoint)
-
-    scope.post('/').reply(201)
 
-    uppy.use(Tus, { endpoint })
-    uppy.addFile({
-      source: 'jest',
-      name: 'foo1.jpg',
-      type: 'image/jpeg',
-      data: new File([Buffer.alloc(KB)], { type: 'image/jpeg' }),
-    })
-    uppy.on('complete', (result) => expect(result.successful.length).toEqual(1))
+    expect(() => {
+      uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: false })
+    }).toThrowError(/The `autoRetry` option was deprecated and has been removed/)
+  })
 
-    await uppy.upload()
+  it('Throws errors if autoRetry option is `undefined`', () => {
+    const uppy = new Core()
 
-    scope.done()
+    expect(() => {
+      uppy.use(Tus, { autoRetry: undefined })
+    }).toThrowError(/The `autoRetry` option was deprecated and has been removed/)
   })
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cf752f98f7..340e47d1bd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9557,7 +9557,6 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@uppy/companion-client": "workspace:*"
     "@uppy/utils": "workspace:*"
-    nock: ^13.1.4
     tus-js-client: ^2.1.1
   peerDependencies:
     "@uppy/core": ^2.0.0
@@ -30411,7 +30410,7 @@ hexo-filter-github-emojis@arturi/hexo-filter-github-emojis:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nock@npm:^13.1.0, nock@npm:^13.1.4":
+"nock@npm:^13.1.0":
   version: 13.1.4
   resolution: "nock@npm:13.1.4"
   dependencies: