Remove tests that do not pass without backporting #13166

Author: tkelman

test/sparsedir/sparse.jl

@@ -1152,16 +1152,10 @@ let A = 2. * speye(5,5)
 end
 
 let
-    A = spdiagm(rand(5)) + sprandn(5,5,0.2) + im*sprandn(5,5,0.2)
-    A = A + A'
-    @test abs(det(factorize(Hermitian(A)))) ≈ abs(det(factorize(full(A))))
     A = spdiagm(rand(5)) + sprandn(5,5,0.2) + im*sprandn(5,5,0.2)
     A = A*A'
     @test abs(det(factorize(Hermitian(A)))) ≈ abs(det(factorize(full(A))))
     A = spdiagm(rand(5)) + sprandn(5,5,0.2)
-    A = A + A.'
-    @test abs(det(factorize(Symmetric(A)))) ≈ abs(det(factorize(full(A))))
-    A = spdiagm(rand(5)) + sprandn(5,5,0.2)
     A = A*A.'
     @test abs(det(factorize(Symmetric(A)))) ≈ abs(det(factorize(full(A))))
     @test_throws ErrorException chol(A)