diff --git a/R/defunct.R b/R/defunct.R
index 172b3f6..7330fab 100644
--- a/R/defunct.R
+++ b/R/defunct.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# nocov start
-
 #' Get common names for a given taxonomic name
 #'
 #' @description `r lifecycle::badge('deprecated')`
@@ -286,4 +284,3 @@ rl_synonyms_ <- function(name = NULL, key = NULL, ...) {
   lifecycle::deprecate_stop("1.0.0", "rl_synonyms_()",
                             "rl_species_latest()")
 }
-# nocov end
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-defunct.R b/tests/testthat/test-defunct.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25acf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-defunct.R
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+test_that("defunct functions works", {
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_common_names())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_common_names_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_history())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_history_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_measures())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_measures_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_narrative())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_narrative_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_occ_country())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_occ_country_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_regions())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_regions_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_search())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_search_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_category())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_category_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_citation())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_citation_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_country())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_sp_country_())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_synonyms())
+  lifecycle::expect_defunct(rl_synonyms_())
+})