diff --git a/UnitTestContrib/test/unit/Fn_SEARCH.pm b/UnitTestContrib/test/unit/Fn_SEARCH.pm
index 4ac013082a..8d9954e926 100644
--- a/UnitTestContrib/test/unit/Fn_SEARCH.pm
+++ b/UnitTestContrib/test/unit/Fn_SEARCH.pm
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ SUB
 sub loadExtraConfig {
     my $this = shift; # the Test::Unit::TestCase object
     $this->SUPER::loadExtraConfig();
-     
-    #enable the MongoDBPlugin which keeps the mongodb uptodate with topics changes onsave
-    #TODO: make conditional - or figure out how to force this in the MongoDB search and query algo's
-    $Foswiki::cfg{Plugins}{MongoDBPlugin}{Module} = 'Foswiki::Plugins::MongoDBPlugin';
-    $Foswiki::cfg{Plugins}{MongoDBPlugin}{Enabled} = 1;
-    $Foswiki::cfg{Plugins}{MongoDBPlugin}{EnableOnSaveUpdates} = 1;
 }