diff --git a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
index 743af75e0a..e7fba6583e 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
@@ -1189,44 +1189,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		// self::assertArrayHasKey('user', $result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithSentbox()
-	{
-		/*
-		$_REQUEST['page']   = -1;
-		$_REQUEST['max_id'] = 10;
-		$result             = api_direct_messages_box('json', 'sentbox', 'false');
-		self::assertArrayHasKey('direct_message', $result);
-		*/
-	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithConversation()
-	{
-		//$result = api_direct_messages_box('json', 'conversation', 'false');
-		//self::assertArrayHasKey('direct_message', $result);
-	}
-
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_direct_messages_conversation() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiDirectMessagesConversation()
-	{
-		//$result = api_direct_messages_conversation('json');
-		//self::assertArrayHasKey('direct_message', $result);
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Test the api_oauth_request_token() function.
diff --git a/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/ConversationTest.php b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/ConversationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..815d5eb577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/DirectMessages/ConversationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\Twitter\DirectMessages;
+
+use Friendica\App\Router;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Factory\Api\Twitter\DirectMessage;
+use Friendica\Module\Api\Twitter\DirectMessages\Conversation;
+use Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\ApiTest;
+
+class ConversationTest extends ApiTest
+{
+	/**
+	 * Test the api_direct_messages_box() function.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testApiDirectMessagesBoxWithConversation()
+	{
+		$directMessage = new DirectMessage(DI::logger(), DI::dba(), DI::twitterUser());
+
+		$sent     = new Conversation($directMessage, DI::dba(), DI::app(), DI::l10n(), DI::baseUrl(), DI::args(), DI::logger(), DI::profiler(), DI::apiResponse(), ['REQUEST_METHOD' => Router::GET], ['extension' => 'json']);
+		$response = $sent->run([
+			'friendica_verbose' => true,
+		]);
+
+		$json = $this->toJson($response);
+
+		self::assertEquals('error', $json->result);
+		self::assertEquals('no mails available', $json->message);
+	}
+}