diff --git a/backend/test/helpers.ts b/backend/test/helpers.ts
index 1935b01a0..50bd3eb3f 100644
--- a/backend/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/backend/test/helpers.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
 import createServer from '../src/server/createServer'
-import { initialize } from '@dbTools/helpers'
 import { entities } from '@entity/index'
 import { i18n, logger } from './testSetup'
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ export const testEnvironment = async (testLogger: any = logger, testI18n: any =
   const testClient = createTestClient(server.apollo)
   const mutate = testClient.mutate
   const query = testClient.query
-  await initialize()
   return { mutate, query, con }
 }
 
diff --git a/dht-node/test/helpers.ts b/dht-node/test/helpers.ts
index f298bed1c..aa7f94964 100644
--- a/dht-node/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/dht-node/test/helpers.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import CONFIG from '@/config'
 import connection from '@/typeorm/connection'
 import { checkDBVersion } from '@/typeorm/DBVersion'
-import { initialize } from '@dbTools/helpers'
 import { entities } from '@entity/index'
 import { logger } from './testSetup'
 
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ export const testEnvironment = async () => {
     logger.fatal('Fatal: Database Version incorrect')
     throw new Error('Fatal: Database Version incorrect')
   }
-  await initialize()
   return { con }
 }