diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.test.ts b/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.test.ts
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index 94f69cf8b..000000000
--- a/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.test.ts
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-import { sendResetPasswordEmail } from './sendResetPasswordEmail'
-import { sendEMail } from './sendEMail'
-
-jest.mock('./sendEMail', () => {
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    sendEMail: jest.fn(),
-  }
-})
-
-describe('sendResetPasswordEmail', () => {
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await sendResetPasswordEmail({
-      link: 'resetLink',
-      firstName: 'Peter',
-      lastName: 'Lustig',
-      email: 'peter@lustig.de',
-      duration: '23 hours and 30 minutes',
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('calls sendEMail', () => {
-    expect(sendEMail).toBeCalledWith({
-      to: `Peter Lustig <peter@lustig.de>`,
-      subject: 'Gradido: Passwort zurücksetzen',
-      text:
-        expect.stringContaining('Hallo Peter Lustig') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('resetLink') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('23 Stunden und 30 Minuten'),
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.ts b/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.ts
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--- a/backend/src/mailer/sendResetPasswordEmail.ts
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-import { sendEMail } from './sendEMail'
-import { resetPassword } from './text/resetPassword'
-import CONFIG from '@/config'
-
-export const sendResetPasswordEmail = (data: {
-  link: string
-  firstName: string
-  lastName: string
-  email: string
-  duration: string
-}): Promise<boolean> => {
-  return sendEMail({
-    to: `${data.firstName} ${data.lastName} <${data.email}>`,
-    subject: resetPassword.de.subject,
-    text: resetPassword.de.text({ ...data, resendLink: CONFIG.EMAIL_LINK_FORGOTPASSWORD }),
-  })
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/text/resetPassword.ts b/backend/src/mailer/text/resetPassword.ts
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index ff660f76e..000000000
--- a/backend/src/mailer/text/resetPassword.ts
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-export const resetPassword = {
-  de: {
-    subject: 'Gradido: Passwort zurücksetzen',
-    text: (data: {
-      link: string
-      firstName: string
-      lastName: string
-      email: string
-      duration: string
-      resendLink: string
-    }): string =>
-      `Hallo ${data.firstName} ${data.lastName},
-
-Du oder jemand anderes hat für dieses Konto ein Zurücksetzen des Passworts angefordert.
-Wenn du es warst, klicke bitte auf den Link: ${data.link}
-oder kopiere den obigen Link in Dein Browserfenster.
-
-Der Link hat eine Gültigkeit von ${data.duration
-        .replace('hours', 'Stunden')
-        .replace('minutes', 'Minuten')
-        .replace(
-          ' and ',
-          ' und ',
-        )}. Sollte die Gültigkeit des Links bereits abgelaufen sein, kannst du dir hier einen neuen Link schicken lassen, in dem du deine E-Mail-Adresse eingibst:
-${data.resendLink}
-
-Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
-dein Gradido-Team`,
-  },
-}