diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 461684f5..c9ccb3d4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -348,10 +348,9 @@
 
                 response = json.loads(data)
 
-                assert len(response) == 3, "Expected exactly three status updates for latest commit (queued, started, finished)!"
+                assert len(response) == 2, "Expected exactly three status updates for latest commit (queued, finished)!"
                 assert response[0]['status'] == "success", "Expected finished status to be success!"
-                assert response[1]['status'] == "pending", "Expected started status to be pending!"
-                assert response[2]['status'] == "pending", "Expected queued status to be pending!"
+                assert response[1]['status'] == "pending", "Expected queued status to be pending!"
 
                 machine.shutdown()
               '';
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GiteaStatus.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GiteaStatus.pm
index 426c93f5..f3498941 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GiteaStatus.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Plugin/GiteaStatus.pm
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ sub buildQueued {
     common(@_, [], 0);
 }
 
-sub buildStarted {
-    common(@_, [], 1);
-}
-
 sub buildFinished {
     common(@_, 2);
 }