diff --git a/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh b/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
index 367262d4a..10e8b7ca4 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
@@ -94,21 +94,17 @@ test_expect_success "publish an explicit node ID as key name looks good" '
 # test publishing nothing
 
 test_expect_success "'ipfs name publish' fails" '
-  PEERID=`ipfs id --format="<id>"` &&
-  test_check_peerid "${PEERID}" &&
   printf '' | test_expect_code 1 ipfs name publish >publish_out 2>&1
 '
 
-test_expect_success "'ipfs name publish --help' succeeds" '
-  PEERID=`ipfs id --format="<id>"` &&
-  test_check_peerid "${PEERID}" &&
-  ipfs name publish --help
-'
-
 test_expect_success "publish output has the correct error" '
   grep "argument \"ipfs-path\" is required" publish_out
 '
 
+test_expect_success "'ipfs name publish --help' succeeds" '
+  ipfs name publish --help
+'
+
 test_launch_ipfs_daemon
 
 test_expect_success "empty request to name publish doesn't panic and returns error" '