diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 624e58b..619ebc2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ coverage.xml
 # =============================================================================
 # Base SQLite locale (une base de démo a déjà été committée par le passé,
 # voir l'historique du commit `4fd27ba`).
+# Données PostgreSQL locales — gérées par app/local_postgres.py
+instance/pgdata/
+instance/pg.log
 instance/
 *.db
 *.sqlite
diff --git a/app/.env.example b/app/.env.example
index d2f2cac..3e5d47c 100644
--- a/app/.env.example
+++ b/app/.env.example
@@ -151,5 +151,14 @@ AUTO_CREATE_TABLES=true
 #   FORCE_HTTPS=false           no redirect to HTTPS
 #   DISCORD_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:5000/auth/discord/callback
 #
+#   LOCAL_PG=true               start a local PostgreSQL server (requires PostgreSQL
+#                               installed on the system). Uses port 5433,
+#                               data in instance/pgdata/, database team_tryouts.
+#
+#   LOCAL_PG_PORT=5433          override the PostgreSQL port
+#   LOCAL_PG_USER=team_tryouts_db   override the PostgreSQL user
+#   LOCAL_PG_DATABASE=team_tryouts_db  override the database name
+#
+#
 # `python run.py` reads DEV_HOST and DEV_PORT rather than HOST and PORT, so a
 # development session cannot accidentally inherit a production binding.
diff --git a/app/local_postgres.py b/app/local_postgres.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1793d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/local_postgres.py
@@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
+"""Manage a local PostgreSQL instance for development.
+
+Searches for PostgreSQL binaries on the system, initialises a data directory
+under ``instance/pgdata/``, starts the server on port 5433, creates the
+``team_tryouts`` database, and registers cleanup on exit.
+
+Usage from run.py::
+
+    if os.getenv('LOCAL_PG', '').lower() == 'true':
+        from app.local_postgres import start as start_local_pg
+        os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] = start_local_pg()
+
+Environment used (all optional):
+    LOCAL_PG_PORT        Port to bind (default 5433)
+    LOCAL_PG_USER        Database superuser name (default team_tryouts_dev)
+    LOCAL_PG_DATABASE    Database name (default team_tryouts)
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import atexit
+import contextlib
+import logging
+import os
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DATADIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / 'instance' / 'pgdata'
+PG_LOG = DATADIR.parent / 'pg.log'
+
+PORT = int(os.getenv('LOCAL_PG_PORT', '5433'))
+_USER = os.getenv('LOCAL_PG_USER', 'team_tryouts_dev')
+_DATABASE = os.getenv('LOCAL_PG_DATABASE', 'team_tryouts')
+
+DATABASE_URL = f'postgresql://{_USER}@127.0.0.1:{PORT}/{_DATABASE}'
+
+_started = False
+
+#: Name of the system Windows PostgreSQL service we temporarily stopped.
+_stopped_system_service_name: str | None = None
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('app.local_postgres')
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Binary discovery
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_WIN_PG_ROOTS = [
+    pathlib.Path(os.environ.get('PROGRAMFILES', 'C:\\Program Files')) / 'PostgreSQL',
+    pathlib.Path(os.environ.get('PROGRAMFILES(X86)', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)')) / 'PostgreSQL',
+]
+
+
+def _find_binary(name: str) -> pathlib.Path | None:
+    """Locate a PostgreSQL binary (pg_ctl, initdb, psql)."""
+    found = shutil.which(name)
+    if found:
+        return pathlib.Path(found)
+
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        for root in _WIN_PG_ROOTS:
+            if not root.is_dir():
+                continue
+            versions = sorted(
+                (p for p in root.iterdir() if p.is_dir()),
+                key=lambda p: p.name,
+                reverse=True,
+            )
+            for version_dir in versions:
+                candidate = version_dir / 'bin' / f'{name}.exe'
+                if candidate.is_file():
+                    return candidate
+
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Windows service management
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#: Path to the Windows service controller.
+_SC_EXE = pathlib.Path(os.environ.get('SYSTEMROOT', 'C:\\Windows')) / 'System32' / 'sc.exe'
+
+
+def _detect_system_service() -> str | None:
+    """Find a running Windows PostgreSQL service installed by the EDB installer.
+
+    Returns the service name (e.g. ``postgresql-x64-18``) or None.
+    """
+    if sys.platform != 'win32' or not _SC_EXE.is_file():
+        return None
+    for root in _WIN_PG_ROOTS:
+        if not root.is_dir():
+            continue
+        versions = sorted(
+            (p for p in root.iterdir() if p.is_dir()),
+            key=lambda p: p.name,
+            reverse=True,
+        )
+        for version_dir in versions:
+            srv = f'postgresql-x64-{version_dir.name}'
+            try:
+                result = subprocess.run(
+                    [str(_SC_EXE), 'query', srv],
+                    capture_output=True,
+                    text=True,
+                )
+                if result.returncode == 0 and 'RUNNING' in result.stdout:
+                    return srv
+            except (FileNotFoundError, OSError):
+                continue
+    return None
+
+
+def _stop_system_service(name: str):
+    """Stop a Windows system service."""
+    print(f'[INFO] Stopping system PostgreSQL service "{name}" ...')
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            [str(_SC_EXE), 'stop', name],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=False,
+        )
+    except (FileNotFoundError, OSError) as exc:
+        print(f'[WARNING] Could not stop service "{name}": {exc}')
+
+
+def _start_system_service(name: str):
+    """Start a Windows system service."""
+    print(f'[INFO] Restarting system PostgreSQL service "{name}" ...')
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            [str(_SC_EXE), 'start', name],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=False,
+        )
+    except (FileNotFoundError, OSError) as exc:
+        print(f'[WARNING] Could not restart service "{name}": {exc}')
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Data directory management
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_TRUST_HBA = """\
+# Local development configuration — trust all local connections.
+# Installed by app/local_postgres.py.
+local   all   all                    trust
+host   all   all   127.0.0.1/32     trust
+host   all   all   ::1/128          trust
+"""
+
+
+def _init_cluster():
+    """Create the data directory if it does not exist yet."""
+    if DATADIR.is_dir() and (DATADIR / 'PG_VERSION').is_file():
+        return
+
+    initdb = _find_binary('initdb')
+    if not initdb:
+        print(
+            '[ERROR] PostgreSQL not found. Install it from:',
+            'https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/',
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f'[INFO] Initialising PostgreSQL data directory at {DATADIR} ...')
+    DATADIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Write a non-empty password to a temporary file. PostgreSQL >= 18
+    # rejects an empty password (NUL device), and we immediately overwrite
+    # pg_hba.conf with trust auth anyway, so the value is irrelevant.
+    pw_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(  # noqa: SIM115 — delete=False needed for initdb --pwfile
+        mode='w',
+        delete=False,
+        suffix='.pw',
+        prefix='pg_',
+    )
+    pw_file.write('dev\n')
+    pw_file.close()
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            [
+                str(initdb),
+                '--locale=C',
+                '--encoding=UTF8',
+                '--data-checksums',
+                '--username',
+                _USER,
+                '--pwfile',
+                pw_file.name,
+                '-D',
+                str(DATADIR),
+            ],
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+        print(f'[ERROR] initdb failed (exit {exc.returncode}):')
+        if exc.stderr:
+            print(exc.stderr)
+        if exc.stdout:
+            print(exc.stdout)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    finally:
+        with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
+            os.unlink(pw_file.name)
+
+    _set_postgresql_conf()
+
+    hba_path = DATADIR / 'pg_hba.conf'
+    hba_path.write_text(_TRUST_HBA, encoding='utf-8')
+    print('[INFO] pg_hba.conf set to trust local connections.')
+
+
+def _set_postgresql_conf():
+    """Write postgresql.conf to match our development settings."""
+    conf_path = DATADIR / 'postgresql.conf'
+    if not conf_path.is_file():
+        return
+
+    lines = conf_path.read_text(encoding='utf-8').splitlines()
+    lines.append('\n# ---- local_postgres.py overrides ----')
+    lines.append(f'port = {PORT}')
+    lines.append("listen_addresses = '127.0.0.1'")
+    lines.append("unix_socket_directories = ''")
+    lines.append('autovacuum = off')  # avoid DLL conflicts with system PostgreSQL service
+    lines.append('logging_collector = off')
+    lines.append('log_destination = stderr')
+    conf_path.write_text('\n'.join(lines), encoding='utf-8')
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Server start / stop
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _pg_ctl(args: list[str], cwd: str | None = None) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    """Run ``pg_ctl`` with the data directory pre-filled."""
+    pg_ctl = _find_binary('pg_ctl')
+    if not pg_ctl:
+        raise RuntimeError('pg_ctl binary not found')
+
+    return subprocess.run(
+        [str(pg_ctl), *args, '-D', str(DATADIR), '-w'],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        cwd=cwd or str(DATADIR),
+    )
+
+
+def _server_running() -> bool:
+    """Return True if the server is already up on our port."""
+    try:
+        result = _pg_ctl(['status'])
+        return result.returncode == 0
+    except (FileNotFoundError, RuntimeError):
+        return False
+
+
+def _create_database():
+    """Create the database if it does not exist."""
+    psql = _find_binary('psql')
+    if not psql:
+        raise RuntimeError('psql binary not found')
+
+    check = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            str(psql),
+            '-h',
+            '127.0.0.1',
+            '-p',
+            str(PORT),
+            '-U',
+            _USER,
+            '-d',
+            'postgres',
+            '-tAc',
+            f"SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = '{_DATABASE}'",
+        ],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env={**os.environ, 'PGPASSWORD': ''},
+    )
+
+    if check.stdout.strip() == '1':
+        print(f'[INFO] Database "{_DATABASE}" already exists.')
+        return
+
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            str(psql),
+            '-h',
+            '127.0.0.1',
+            '-p',
+            str(PORT),
+            '-U',
+            _USER,
+            '-d',
+            'postgres',
+            '-c',
+            f'CREATE DATABASE "{_DATABASE}"',
+        ],
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env={**os.environ, 'PGPASSWORD': ''},
+    )
+    print(f'[INFO] Created database "{_DATABASE}".')
+
+
+def _stop(*_args):
+    """Stop the PostgreSQL server with a fast shutdown.
+
+    Registered as ``atexit`` and signal handler so it fires on Ctrl+C,
+    normal exit, and terminal close.
+    """
+    global _started
+    global _stopped_system_service_name
+    if not _started:
+        return
+    _started = False
+
+    try:
+        result = _pg_ctl(['stop', '-m', 'fast'])
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            logger.info('pg_ctl stop returned %d: %s', result.returncode, result.stderr.strip())
+        else:
+            logger.info('Local PostgreSQL stopped.')
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — shutdown must never raise
+        logger.warning('Failed to stop local PostgreSQL: %s', exc)
+
+    # Restart the system service if we stopped it earlier.
+    if _stopped_system_service_name:
+        srv = _stopped_system_service_name
+        _stopped_system_service_name = None
+        _start_system_service(srv)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Public API
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def start() -> str:
+    """Start a local PostgreSQL server for development.
+
+    Returns the ``DATABASE_URL`` the application should use.
+
+    The caller is expected to set this on ``os.environ['DATABASE_URL']``
+    before invoking ``create_app()``.
+
+    This function is idempotent: if the server is already running and the
+    database exists, it returns immediately.
+    """
+    global _started
+    global _stopped_system_service_name
+
+    # On Windows, temporarily stop the system PostgreSQL service so its child
+    # processes (autovacuum, etc.) do not collide with our local instance.
+    if _stopped_system_service_name is None:  # only do this once per process
+        srv = _detect_system_service()
+        if srv:
+            _stop_system_service(srv)
+            _stopped_system_service_name = srv
+
+    # 1. Initialise if needed.
+    _init_cluster()
+
+    # 2. Start if not already running.
+    if not _server_running():
+        print(f'[INFO] Starting PostgreSQL on port {PORT} ...')
+        PG_LOG.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        pg_ctl = _find_binary('pg_ctl')
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    str(pg_ctl),
+                    'start',
+                    '-D',
+                    str(DATADIR),
+                    '-l',
+                    str(PG_LOG),
+                    '-w',  # wait for readiness
+                ],
+                check=True,
+            )
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            print('[ERROR] pg_ctl start failed.')
+            # Also show the server log — it often has the real error.
+            try:
+                log_text = PG_LOG.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+                if log_text.strip():
+                    print(f'Server log ({PG_LOG}):')
+                    print(log_text)
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+                pass
+            sys.exit(1)
+        print(f'[INFO] PostgreSQL is up (pid in {PG_LOG}).')
+    else:
+        print(f'[INFO] PostgreSQL is already running on port {PORT}.')
+
+    # 3. Create the application database (idempotent).
+    _create_database()
+
+    # 4. Register cleanup.
+    if not _started:
+        _started = True
+        atexit.register(_stop)
+        with contextlib.suppress(ValueError, OSError):
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _stop)
+        with contextlib.suppress(AttributeError, ValueError, OSError):
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGBREAK, _stop)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+    logger.info('Local PostgreSQL ready — DATABASE_URL=%s', DATABASE_URL)
+    return DATABASE_URL
diff --git a/app/routes/users/availability.py b/app/routes/users/availability.py
index fcd3400..6312d57 100644
--- a/app/routes/users/availability.py
+++ b/app/routes/users/availability.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ weekly availability blocks, and a coach's bookable slots for one-on-one
 sessions.
 """
 
-from flask import flash, jsonify, redirect, render_template, request, url_for
-from flask_babel import gettext as _
+from flask import jsonify, request
 from flask_login import current_user, login_required
 from marshmallow import ValidationError
 
@@ -201,60 +200,50 @@ def delete_disponibility(disponibility_id):
     return jsonify({'success': True})
 
 
-@users_bp.route('/coach-availability', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@users_bp.route('/coach-availability', methods=['POST'])
 @json_endpoint
 @login_required
 def manage_coach_availability():
     """Manage coach availability for One on One sessions."""
     if not isinstance(current_user, Coach):
-        flash(_('Only coaches can manage availability.'), 'danger')
-        return redirect(url_for('main.dashboard'))
+        return jsonify({'error': 'Unauthorized'}), 403
 
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        data = request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
-        accepted, rejected = _load_slots(data.get('slots'))
+    data = request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    accepted, rejected = _load_slots(data.get('slots'))
 
-        # Validate everything before deleting anything.
-        #
-        # This route replaces the coach's availability: it deleted every
-        # existing slot and then re-added the ones it could parse, skipping
-        # the rest in silence and answering `{'success': true}`. A payload
-        # the browser mangled therefore wiped a coach's bookable hours and
-        # reported success — and one-on-one requests are refused against
-        # exactly this table, so the coach became unbookable with nothing to
-        # show for it. Refusing the whole batch is the only safe answer when
-        # the operation is a replacement (MNT-12).
-        if rejected:
-            return jsonify(
-                {
-                    'error': 'Invalid slots; nothing was changed.',
-                    'rejected': rejected,
-                }
-            ), 400
+    # Validate everything before deleting anything.
+    #
+    # This route replaces the coach's availability: it deleted every
+    # existing slot and then re-added the ones it could parse, skipping
+    # the rest in silence and answering `{'success': true}`. A payload
+    # the browser mangled therefore wiped a coach's bookable hours and
+    # reported success — and one-on-one requests are refused against
+    # exactly this table, so the coach became unbookable with nothing to
+    # show for it. Refusing the whole batch is the only safe answer when
+    # the operation is a replacement (MNT-12).
+    if rejected:
+        return jsonify(
+            {
+                'error': 'Invalid slots; nothing was changed.',
+                'rejected': rejected,
+            }
+        ), 400
 
-        CoachAvailability.query.filter_by(coach_id=current_user.id).delete()
+    CoachAvailability.query.filter_by(coach_id=current_user.id).delete()
 
-        for slot in accepted:
-            start_time = slot['start_time']
-            db.session.add(
-                CoachAvailability(
-                    coach_id=current_user.id,
-                    day_of_week=slot['day_of_week'],
-                    start_time=start_time,
-                    end_time=slot_end(start_time),
-                )
+    for slot in accepted:
+        start_time = slot['start_time']
+        db.session.add(
+            CoachAvailability(
+                coach_id=current_user.id,
+                day_of_week=slot['day_of_week'],
+                start_time=start_time,
+                end_time=slot_end(start_time),
             )
+        )
 
-        db.session.commit()
-        return jsonify({'success': True, 'saved': len(accepted)})
-
-    existing_availability = CoachAvailability.query.filter_by(
-        coach_id=current_user.id,
-    ).all()
-
-    return render_template(
-        'pages/coach_availability.html', existing_availability=existing_availability
-    )
+    db.session.commit()
+    return jsonify({'success': True, 'saved': len(accepted)})
 
 
 @users_bp.route('/coach-availability/clear', methods=['POST'])
diff --git a/app/templates/pages/profile.html b/app/templates/pages/profile.html
index 04a40e8..6585c65 100644
--- a/app/templates/pages/profile.html
+++ b/app/templates/pages/profile.html
@@ -145,49 +145,6 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Player Disponibilities Card -->
-    {% if user.role == 'player' %}
-    <div class="card">
-        <div class="card-header">
-            <h3><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> My Disponibilities</h3>
-            <p class="text-muted small">Your available time blocks for matches (5pm to 12am). Green = selected, Gray = available to select.</p>
-        </div>
-        <div class="card-body">
-            <div id="disponibilities-grid">
-                <p class="text-muted">Loading...</p>
-            </div>
-            <div class="form-actions mt-3">
-                <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-action="save-disponibilities">
-                    <i class="fas fa-save"></i> Save Disponibilities
-                </button>
-                <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-action="clear-disponibilities">
-                    <i class="fas fa-trash"></i> Clear All
-                </button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    {% endif %}
-
-    <!-- Coach Availability Card -->
-    {% if user.role == 'coach' %}
-    <div class="card">
-        <div class="card-header">
-            <h3><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> My Availability</h3>
-            <p class="text-muted small">Select time slots when you're available for One on One sessions (8am to 10pm).</p>
-        </div>
-        <div class="card-body">
-            <div class="availability-grid" id="availability-grid">
-                <p class="text-muted">Loading availability grid...</p>
-            </div>
-            <div class="form-actions mt-3">
-                <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-action="clear-availability">
-                    <i class="fas fa-trash"></i> Clear All
-                </button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    {% endif %}
-
     <!-- Contracts Card -->
     {% if user.role == 'player' %}
     <div class="card">
@@ -436,6 +393,13 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
     loadCoachAvailability();
     renderCoachGrid();
 });
+
+// Behaviours are declared in the markup with data-action / data-change and
+// dispatched by the delegated listener in main.js. This replaces inline
+// onclick attributes, which no CSP nonce is able to authorise.
+registerActions({
+    'clear-availability': clearAllAvailability,
+});
 </script>
 {% endif %}
 
@@ -650,9 +614,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
 // dispatched by the delegated listener in main.js. This replaces inline
 // onclick attributes, which no CSP nonce is able to authorise.
 registerActions({
-    'save-disponibilities': saveDisponibilities,
     'clear-disponibilities': clearDisponibilities,
-    'clear-availability': clearAllAvailability,
 });
 </script>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/translations.md b/docs/translations.md
index 441456c..c21fa60 100644
--- a/docs/translations.md
+++ b/docs/translations.md
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ was marked by the automated pass. Jinja escaped it to `&amp;times;`, so
 the button would have shown the literal text `&times;` instead of ×.
 Anything that is markup rather than prose must stay out of `_()`.
 
-**Strings inside `<script>` blocks.** Eight remain, in `match_form.html`,
-`one_on_one.html` and `coach_availability.html`. They work, but they are
+**Strings inside `<script>` blocks.** Seven remain, in `match_form.html` and
+`one_on_one.html`. They work, but they are
 fragile: Jinja escapes `& < > " '` inside a script block, and those
 entities are *not* decoded there — a translation containing an apostrophe
 would land in the JavaScript string as `&#39;`. The French wording uses
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 6f178a0..7e8cd1a 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -25,9 +25,53 @@ import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 from app.app import create_app  # noqa: E402
+from app.extensions import db as _db  # noqa: E402
+from app.extensions import hash_password  # noqa: E402
+from app.local_postgres import start as start_local_pg  # noqa: E402
+from app.models import Admin, Coach, Manager, Player  # noqa: E402
+
+# ==========================================================================
+# Local PostgreSQL (development only)
+# ==========================================================================
+if os.getenv('LOCAL_PG', '').lower() == 'true':
+    os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] = start_local_pg()
+
+# ==========================================================================
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app = create_app()
+
+    # --- Seed the database with default test users (idempotent) ---------
+    with app.app_context():
+        if not Admin.query.first():
+            print('[INFO] Seeding database with default test users ...')
+            users = [
+                Admin(username='admin', role='admin', full_name='Admin', email='admin@teampro.com'),
+                Coach(
+                    username='coach',
+                    role='coach',
+                    full_name='Coach Test',
+                    email='coach@teampro.com',
+                ),
+                Manager(
+                    username='manager',
+                    role='manager',
+                    full_name='Manager Test',
+                    email='manager@teampro.com',
+                ),
+                Player(
+                    username='player',
+                    role='player',
+                    full_name='Player Test',
+                    email='player@teampro.com',
+                ),
+            ]
+            for u in users:
+                u.password_hash = hash_password('password')
+                _db.session.add(u)
+            _db.session.commit()
+            print('[INFO] Seeded 4 default users (password for all: password).')
+
     debug_mode = os.getenv('FLASK_DEBUG', 'false').lower() == 'true'
     if debug_mode:
         app.logger.warning(
diff --git a/tests/test_csp.py b/tests/test_csp.py
index dc55df3..1785165 100644
--- a/tests/test_csp.py
+++ b/tests/test_csp.py
@@ -126,14 +126,6 @@ class TestInlineHandlerRatchet:
         assert "' + playerName + '" not in content
         assert content.count('escapeHtml(playerName)') == 6
 
-    def test_api_messages_are_written_as_text(self):
-        template = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_ROOT, 'pages', 'coach_availability.html')
-        with open(template, encoding='utf-8') as handle:
-            content = handle.read()
-
-        assert 'text.textContent = message' in content
-        assert "alert.innerHTML = '<span>' + message" not in content
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('relative,full', list(_templates()))
     def test_a_template_never_gains_an_inline_handler(self, relative, full):
         allowed = HANDLER_BUDGET.get(relative, 0)