diff --git a/swh/web/tests/data.py b/swh/web/tests/data.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/data.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/data.py
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@
     revisions = set()
     releases = set()
     snapshots = set()
-    persons = set()
 
     content_path = {}
 
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@
                 release = next(storage.release_get([branch_data['target']]))
                 revisions.add(release['target'])
                 releases.add(hash_to_hex(branch_data['target']))
-                persons.add(release['author']['id'])
 
         for rev_log in storage.revision_shortlog(set(revisions)):
             rev_id = rev_log[0]
@@ -213,8 +211,6 @@
 
         for rev in storage.revision_get(revisions):
             dir_id = rev['directory']
-            persons.add(rev['author']['id'])
-            persons.add(rev['committer']['id'])
             directories.add(hash_to_hex(dir_id))
             for entry in dir_iterator(storage, dir_id):
                 content_path[entry['sha1']] = '/'.join(
@@ -259,7 +255,6 @@
         'origins': _TEST_ORIGINS,
         'contents': contents,
         'directories': list(directories),
-        'persons': list(persons),
         'releases': list(releases),
         'revisions': list(map(hash_to_hex, revisions)),
         'snapshots': list(snapshots),
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/strategies.py b/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
@@ -404,22 +404,6 @@
         lambda s: storage.snapshot_get(hash_to_bytes(s)) is None)
 
 
-def person():
-    """
-    Hypothesis strategy returning a random person ingested
-    into the test archive.
-    """
-    return _known_swh_object('persons')
-
-
-def unknown_person():
-    """
-    Hypothesis strategy returning a random person not ingested
-    into the test archive.
-    """
-    return integers(min_value=1000000)
-
-
 def _get_origin_dfs_revisions_walker():
     tests_data = get_tests_data()
     storage = tests_data['storage']