diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
index 4d8674d5ce3..59fde23fa2f 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ from itertools import product
 
 import pytest
 
-import ansible.module_utils.basic
-
 
 class TestAnsibleModuleLogSmokeTest:
     DATA = [u'Text string', u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test']
@@ -33,22 +31,6 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSmokeTest:
         am.log(u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8'))
         am.log(b'non-utf8 :\xff: test')
 
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(not ansible.module_utils.basic.has_journal, reason='python systemd bindings not installed')
-    # pylint bug: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/511
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('msg, stdin', ((m, {}) for m in DATA), indirect=['stdin'])  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
-    def test_smoketest_journal(self, am, mocker, msg):
-        # These talk to the live daemons on the system.  Need to do this to
-        # show that what we send doesn't cause an issue once it gets to the
-        # daemon.  These are just smoketests to test that we don't fail.
-        mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.has_journal', True)
-
-        am.log(u'Text string')
-        am.log(u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test')
-
-        am.log(b'Byte string')
-        am.log(u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8'))
-        am.log(b'non-utf8 :\xff: test')
-
 
 class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog:
     """Test the AnsibleModule Log Method"""
@@ -84,57 +66,3 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog:
 
         am.log(msg)
         mock_syslog.assert_called_once_with(syslog.LOG_INFO, param)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not ansible.module_utils.basic.has_journal, reason='python systemd bindings not installed')
-class TestAnsibleModuleLogJournal:
-    """Test the AnsibleModule Log Method"""
-
-    OUTPUT_DATA = [
-        (u'Text string', u'Text string'),
-        (u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test', u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'),
-        (b'Byte string', u'Byte string'),
-        (u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8'), u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'),
-        (b'non-utf8 :\xff: test', b'non-utf8 :\xff: test'.decode('utf-8', 'replace')),
-    ]
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('no_log, stdin', (product((True, False), [{}])), indirect=['stdin'])
-    def test_no_log(self, am, mocker, no_log):
-        journal_send = mocker.patch('systemd.journal.send')
-        am.no_log = no_log
-        am.log('unittest no_log')
-        if no_log:
-            assert not journal_send.called
-        else:
-            assert journal_send.called == 1
-            # Message
-            # call_args is a 2-tuple of (arg_list, kwarg_dict)
-            assert journal_send.call_args[1]['MESSAGE'].endswith('unittest no_log'), 'Message was not sent to log'
-            # log adds this journal field
-            assert 'MODULE' in journal_send.call_args[1]
-            assert 'basic.py' in journal_send.call_args[1]['MODULE']
-
-    # pylint bug: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/511
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('msg, param, stdin',
-                             ((m, p, {}) for m, p in OUTPUT_DATA),  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
-                             indirect=['stdin'])
-    def test_output_matches(self, am, mocker, msg, param):
-        journal_send = mocker.patch('systemd.journal.send')
-        am.log(msg)
-        assert journal_send.call_count == 1, 'journal.send not called exactly once'
-        assert journal_send.call_args[1]['MESSAGE'].endswith(param)
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('stdin', ({},), indirect=['stdin'])
-    def test_log_args(self, am, mocker):
-        journal_send = mocker.patch('systemd.journal.send')
-        am.log('unittest log_args', log_args=dict(TEST='log unittest'))
-        assert journal_send.called == 1
-        assert journal_send.call_args[1]['MESSAGE'].endswith('unittest log_args'), 'Message was not sent to log'
-
-        # log adds this journal field
-        assert 'MODULE' in journal_send.call_args[1]
-        assert 'basic.py' in journal_send.call_args[1]['MODULE']
-
-        # We added this journal field
-        assert 'TEST' in journal_send.call_args[1]
-        assert 'log unittest' in journal_send.call_args[1]['TEST']