diff --git a/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob.php b/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob.php
index 23eb0acf163..ca3c229ddaf 100644
--- a/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob.php
+++ b/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 namespace PKP\jobs\invitations;
 
-use APP\facades\Repo;
 use PKP\invitation\models\InvitationModel;
 use PKP\jobs\BaseJob;
 
diff --git a/tests/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJobTest.php b/tests/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJobTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15906fd8f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jobs/invitations/RemoveExpiredInvitationsJobTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file tests/jobs/submissions/UpdateSubmissionSearchJobTest.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @brief Tests for the submission search reindexing job.
+ */
+
+namespace PKP\tests\jobs\submissions;
+
+use PKP\tests\PKPTestCase;
+use PKP\jobs\invitations\RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RunTestsInSeparateProcesses;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+
+#[RunTestsInSeparateProcesses]
+#[CoversClass(RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob::class)]
+class RemoveExpiredInvitationsJobTest extends PKPTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * serializion from OJS 3.4.0
+     */
+    protected string $serializedJobData = <<<END
+    O:48:"PKP\jobs\invitations\RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob":2:{s:10:"connection";s:8:"database";s:5:"queue";s:5:"queue";}
+    END;
+
+    /**
+     * Test job is a proper instance
+     */
+    public function testUnserializationGetProperJobInstance(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(
+            RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob::class,
+            unserialize($this->serializedJobData)
+        );
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Ensure that a serialized job can be unserialized and executed
+     */
+    public function testRunSerializedJob(): void
+    {
+        /** @var RemoveExpiredInvitationsJob $removeExpiredInvitationsJob */
+        $removeExpiredInvitationsJob = unserialize($this->serializedJobData);
+
+        // Test that the job can be handled without causing an exception.
+        $this->assertNull($removeExpiredInvitationsJob->handle());
+    }
+}
+