diff --git a/src/mudata/_core/to_.py b/src/mudata/_core/to_.py
index 783afd1..5ede83c 100644
--- a/src/mudata/_core/to_.py
+++ b/src/mudata/_core/to_.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def to_anndata(mdata: MuData, **kwargs) -> AnnData:
         df = getattr(adata, attr)
         if hasattr(df, "combine_first") and callable(df.combine_first):
             setattr(adata, attr, df.combine_first(getattr(mdata, attr)))
-    for attr in ["obs", "obsm", "obsp", "var", "varm", "varp", "uns"]:
+    for attr in ["obsm", "obsp", "varm", "varp", "uns"]:
         getattr(adata, attr).update(getattr(mdata, attr))
     return adata
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pull_push.py b/tests/test_pull_push.py
index df93245..e5ae7f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_pull_push.py
+++ b/tests/test_pull_push.py
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ def test_push_var_simple(self, modalities):
 
             map = mdata.varmap[modname].ravel()
             mask = map > 0
-            assert (mdata.var["pushed"][mask] == mod.var["pushed"][map[mask] - 1]).all()
+            assert (mdata.var["pushed"][mask] == mod.var["pushed"].iloc[map[mask] - 1]).all()
 
         assert "mod2_pushed" in mdata["mod2"].var.columns
         map = mdata.varmap["mod2"].ravel()
         mask = map > 0
-        assert (mdata.var["mod2:mod2_pushed"][mask] == mdata["mod2"].var["mod2_pushed"][map[mask] - 1]).all()
+        assert (mdata.var["mod2:mod2_pushed"][mask] == mdata["mod2"].var["mod2_pushed"].iloc[map[mask] - 1]).all()
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("var_unique", [True, False])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("obs_n", ["joint", "disjoint"])
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ def test_push_obs_simple(self, modalities):
 
             map = mdata.obsmap[modname].ravel()
             mask = map > 0
-            assert (mdata.obs["pushed"][mask] == mod.obs["pushed"][map[mask] - 1]).all()
+            assert (mdata.obs["pushed"][mask] == mod.obs["pushed"].iloc[map[mask] - 1]).all()
 
         assert "mod2_pushed" in mdata["mod2"].obs.columns
         map = mdata.obsmap["mod2"].ravel()
         mask = map > 0
-        assert (mdata.obs["mod2:mod2_pushed"][mask] == mdata["mod2"].obs["mod2_pushed"][map[mask] - 1]).all()
+        assert (mdata.obs["mod2:mod2_pushed"][mask] == mdata["mod2"].obs["mod2_pushed"].iloc[map[mask] - 1]).all()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("filepath_h5mu")