diff --git a/alembic/versions/1e188109fc6b_bug_1398200_1457484_remove_plugins.py b/alembic/versions/1e188109fc6b_bug_1398200_1457484_remove_plugins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f03cb0eb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/1e188109fc6b_bug_1398200_1457484_remove_plugins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""bug 1398200, 1457484 remove unused tables
+
+Revision ID: 1e188109fc6b
+Revises: 8e8390138426
+Create Date: 2018-04-27 14:12:16.709146
+
+"""
+
+from alembic import op
+
+from socorro.lib.migrations import load_stored_proc
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '1e188109fc6b'
+down_revision = '8e8390138426'
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS plugins')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS release_channel_matches')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS replication_test')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sessions')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS socorro_db_version')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS socorro_db_version_history')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS transform_rules')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS crashes_by_user')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS crashes_by_user_build')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS uptime_levels')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS modules')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS crash_types')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS process_types')
+    op.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rank_compare')
+
+    op.execute('DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS backfill_rank_compare(date)')
+    op.execute('DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS update_rank_compare(date, boolean, interval)')
+
+    # Load the new version of backfill_matviews
+    load_stored_proc(op, ['backfill_matviews.sql'])
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # There is no going back
+    pass
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/crashstorage.py b/socorro/external/postgresql/crashstorage.py
index 71f1075062..74b743979e 100644
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/crashstorage.py
+++ b/socorro/external/postgresql/crashstorage.py
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ def save_processed(self, processed_crash):
         self.transaction(self._save_processed_transaction, processed_crash)
 
     def _save_processed_transaction(self, connection, processed_crash):
-        report_id = self._save_processed_report(connection, processed_crash)
-        self._save_plugins(connection, processed_crash, report_id)
+        self._save_processed_report(connection, processed_crash)
 
     def _save_processed_report(self, connection, processed_crash):
         """Here we INSERT or UPDATE a row in the reports table.
@@ -199,48 +198,6 @@ def print_as(a, b):
         report_id = single_value_sql(connection, upsert_sql, value_list)
         return report_id
 
-    def _save_plugins(self, connection, processed_crash, report_id):
-        """ Electrolysis Support - Optional - processed_crash may contain a
-        ProcessType of plugin. In the future this value would be default,
-        content, maybe even Jetpack... This indicates which process was the
-        crashing process.
-            plugin - When set to plugin, the jsonDocument MUST calso contain
-                     PluginFilename and PluginName
-        """
-        process_type = processed_crash['process_type']
-        if not process_type:
-            return
-
-        if process_type == "plugin":
-
-            # Bug#543776 We actually will are relaxing the non-null policy...
-            # a null filename, name, and version is OK. We'll use empty strings
-            try:
-                plugin_filename = processed_crash['PluginFilename']
-                plugin_name = processed_crash['PluginName']
-            except KeyError as x:
-                self.config.logger.error(
-                    'the crash is missing a required field: %s', str(x)
-                )
-                return
-            find_plugin_sql = ('select id from plugins '
-                               'where filename = %s '
-                               'and name = %s')
-            try:
-                single_value_sql(
-                    connection,
-                    find_plugin_sql,
-                    (plugin_filename, plugin_name)
-                )
-            except SQLDidNotReturnSingleValue:
-                insert_plugsins_sql = ("insert into plugins (filename, name) "
-                                       "values (%s, %s) returning id")
-                execute_no_results(
-                    connection,
-                    insert_plugsins_sql,
-                    (plugin_filename, plugin_name)
-                )
-
     @staticmethod
     def _table_suffix_for_crash_id(crash_id):
         """given an crash_id, return the name of its storage table"""
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/models.py b/socorro/external/postgresql/models.py
index 1dd7080294..3d9ed64da3 100644
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/models.py
+++ b/socorro/external/postgresql/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, ForeignKey, Index, text, Integer
-from sqlalchemy import event
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 import sqlalchemy.types as types
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
     ARRAY,
     BIGINT,
     SMALLINT,
-    CHAR,
 )
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.base import ischema_names
 
@@ -217,16 +215,6 @@ def __repr__(self):
 ###############################
 
 
-class Module(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'modules'
-
-    # column definitions
-    module_id = Column(u'module_id', INTEGER(),
-                       nullable=False, primary_key=True)
-    name = Column(u'name', TEXT(), nullable=False, primary_key=True)
-    version = Column(u'version', TEXT(), nullable=False, primary_key=True)
-
-
 class RawAdiLogs(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'raw_adi_logs'
 
@@ -282,16 +270,6 @@ class RawAdi(DeclarativeBase):
     )
 
 
-class ReplicationTest(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'replication_test'
-
-    # column definitions
-    id = Column(u'id', SMALLINT())
-    test = Column(u'test', BOOLEAN())
-
-    __mapper_args__ = {"primary_key": (id, test)}
-
-
 class ReportsBad(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'reports_bad'
     uuid = Column(u'uuid', TEXT(), nullable=False)
@@ -410,70 +388,6 @@ class BuildAdu(DeclarativeBase):
     )
 
 
-class CrashType(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'crash_types'
-
-    # column definitions
-    crash_type = Column(u'crash_type', CITEXT(),
-                        nullable=False, index=True, unique=True)
-    crash_type_id = Column(u'crash_type_id', INTEGER(),
-                           primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    crash_type_short = Column(u'crash_type_short', CITEXT(),
-                              nullable=False, index=True, unique=True)
-    has_hang_id = Column(u'has_hang_id', BOOLEAN())
-    include_agg = Column(u'include_agg', BOOLEAN(),
-                         nullable=False, server_default=text('True'))
-    old_code = Column(u'old_code', CHAR(length=1), nullable=False)
-    process_type = Column(u'process_type', CITEXT(), ForeignKey(
-        'process_types.process_type'), nullable=False)
-
-    # relationship definitions
-    process_types = relationship(
-        'ProcessType', primaryjoin='CrashType.process_type==ProcessType.process_type')
-
-
-class CrashesByUser(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'crashes_by_user'
-
-    # column definitions
-    adu = Column(u'adu', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    crash_type_id = Column(u'crash_type_id', INTEGER(), ForeignKey(
-        'crash_types.crash_type_id'), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    os_short_name = Column(u'os_short_name', CITEXT(),
-                           primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    product_version_id = Column(u'product_version_id', INTEGER(),
-                                primary_key=True, nullable=False, autoincrement=False)
-    report_count = Column(u'report_count', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    report_date = Column(u'report_date', DATE(),
-                         primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-    # relationship definitions
-    crash_types = relationship(
-        'CrashType', primaryjoin='CrashesByUser.crash_type_id==CrashType.crash_type_id')
-
-
-class CrashesByUserBuild(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'crashes_by_user_build'
-
-    # column definitions
-    adu = Column(u'adu', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    build_date = Column(u'build_date', DATE(),
-                        primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    crash_type_id = Column(u'crash_type_id', INTEGER(), ForeignKey(
-        'crash_types.crash_type_id'), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    os_short_name = Column(u'os_short_name', CITEXT(),
-                           primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    product_version_id = Column(u'product_version_id', INTEGER(), primary_key=True,
-                                nullable=False, autoincrement=False)
-    report_count = Column(u'report_count', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    report_date = Column(u'report_date', DATE(),
-                         primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-    # relationship definitions
-    crash_types = relationship(
-        'CrashType', primaryjoin='CrashesByUserBuild.crash_type_id==CrashType.crash_type_id')
-
-
 class Domain(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'domains'
 
@@ -539,27 +453,6 @@ class OsVersion(DeclarativeBase):
         'OsName', primaryjoin='OsVersion.os_name==OsName.os_name')
 
 
-class Plugin(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'plugins'
-
-    # column definitions
-    filename = Column(u'filename', TEXT(), nullable=False)
-    id = Column(u'id', INTEGER(), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    name = Column(u'name', TEXT(), nullable=False)
-
-    __table_args__ = (
-        Index('filename_name_key', filename, name, unique=True),
-    )
-
-
-class ProcessType(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'process_types'
-
-    # column definitions
-    process_type = Column(u'process_type', CITEXT(),
-                          primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-
 class Product(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'products'
 
@@ -737,28 +630,6 @@ class ProductVersionBuild(DeclarativeBase):
     )
 
 
-class RankCompare(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'rank_compare'
-
-    # column definitions
-    percent_of_total = Column(u'percent_of_total', NUMERIC())
-    product_version_id = Column(u'product_version_id', INTEGER(),
-                                primary_key=True, nullable=False, autoincrement=False)
-    rank_days = Column(u'rank_days', INTEGER(),
-                       primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    rank_report_count = Column(u'rank_report_count', INTEGER())
-    report_count = Column(u'report_count', INTEGER())
-    signature_id = Column(u'signature_id', INTEGER(),
-                          primary_key=True, nullable=False, index=True)
-    total_reports = Column(u'total_reports', BIGINT())
-
-    # Indexes
-    __table_args__ = (
-        Index('rank_compare_product_version_id_rank_report_count',
-              product_version_id, rank_report_count),
-    )
-
-
 class RawCrashes(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'raw_crashes'
 
@@ -803,24 +674,6 @@ class ReleaseChannel(DeclarativeBase):
     )
 
 
-# DEPRECATED -> enum that's translated to a table for
-# 001_update_reports_clean.sql
-class ReleaseChannelMatch(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'release_channel_matches'
-
-    # column definitions
-    match_string = Column(u'match_string', TEXT(),
-                          primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    release_channel = Column(u'release_channel', CITEXT(), ForeignKey(
-        'release_channels.release_channel'), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-    # relationship definitions
-    release_channels = relationship(
-        'ReleaseChannel',
-        primaryjoin='ReleaseChannelMatch.release_channel==ReleaseChannel.release_channel'
-    )
-
-
 class ReleaseRepository(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'release_repositories'
 
@@ -942,16 +795,6 @@ class ReportsUserInfo(DeclarativeBase):
     uuid = Column(u'uuid', TEXT(), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
 
 
-class Session(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'sessions'
-
-    # column definitions
-    data = Column(u'data', TEXT(), nullable=False)
-    last_activity = Column(u'last_activity', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    session_id = Column(u'session_id', VARCHAR(length=127),
-                        primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-
 class Signature(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'signatures'
 
@@ -1026,25 +869,6 @@ class GraphicsDevice(DeclarativeBase):
     adapter_name = Column(u'adapter_name', TEXT())
 
 
-class SocorroDbVersion(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'socorro_db_version'
-
-    # column definitions
-    current_version = Column(u'current_version', TEXT(),
-                             primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    refreshed_at = Column(u'refreshed_at', TIMESTAMP(timezone=True))
-
-
-class SocorroDbVersionHistory(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'socorro_db_version_history'
-
-    # column definitions
-    backfill_to = Column(u'backfill_to', DATE())
-    upgraded_on = Column(u'upgraded_on', TIMESTAMP(
-        timezone=True), primary_key=True, nullable=False, server_default=text('NOW()'))
-    version = Column(u'version', TEXT(), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-
-
 class SpecialProductPlatform(DeclarativeBase):
     """ Currently used for android platform. Uses platform, product name, repo, build_type
         to rename a product_name """
@@ -1066,42 +890,6 @@ class SpecialProductPlatform(DeclarativeBase):
     # build_type = Column(u'build_type', build_type(), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
 
 
-class TransformRule(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'transform_rules'
-
-    # column definitions
-    transform_rule_id = Column(
-        u'transform_rule_id', INTEGER(), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    category = Column(u'category', CITEXT(), nullable=False)
-    rule_order = Column(u'rule_order', INTEGER(), nullable=False)
-    action = Column(u'action', TEXT(), nullable=False, server_default='')
-    action_args = Column(u'action_args', TEXT(),
-                         nullable=False, server_default='')
-    action_kwargs = Column(u'action_kwargs', TEXT(),
-                           nullable=False, server_default='')
-    predicate = Column(u'predicate', TEXT(), nullable=False, server_default='')
-    predicate_args = Column(u'predicate_args', TEXT(),
-                            nullable=False, server_default='')
-    predicate_kwargs = Column(
-        u'predicate_kwargs', TEXT(), nullable=False, server_default='')
-
-    __table_args__ = (
-        Index('transform_rules_key', category, rule_order, unique=True),
-    )
-
-
-class UptimeLevel(DeclarativeBase):
-    __tablename__ = 'uptime_levels'
-
-    # column definitions
-    max_uptime = Column(u'max_uptime', INTERVAL(), nullable=False)
-    min_uptime = Column(u'min_uptime', INTERVAL(), nullable=False)
-    uptime_level = Column(u'uptime_level', INTEGER(),
-                          primary_key=True, nullable=False, autoincrement=False)
-    uptime_string = Column(u'uptime_string', CITEXT(),
-                           nullable=False, index=True, unique=True)
-
-
 class Crontabber(DeclarativeBase):
     __tablename__ = 'crontabber'
 
@@ -1219,19 +1007,3 @@ class Correlations(DeclarativeBase):
             unique=True
         ),
     )
-
-
-###########################################
-# Schema definition: Aggregates
-###########################################
-
-@event.listens_for(UptimeLevel.__table__, "after_create")
-def array_accum(target, connection, **kw):
-    array_accum = """
-        CREATE AGGREGATE array_accum(anyelement) (
-            SFUNC = array_append,
-            STYPE = anyarray,
-            INITCOND = '{}'
-        )
-    """
-    connection.execute(array_accum)
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/001_update_reports_clean.sql b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/001_update_reports_clean.sql
index 675de67d65..ab629e7ed6 100644
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/001_update_reports_clean.sql
+++ b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/001_update_reports_clean.sql
@@ -412,5 +412,3 @@ RETURN TRUE;
 
 END;
 $_$;
-
-
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_matviews.sql b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_matviews.sql
index 5789f38cb7..265348960b 100644
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_matviews.sql
+++ b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_matviews.sql
@@ -77,9 +77,5 @@ WHILE thisday <= lastday LOOP
 
 END LOOP;
 
--- finally rank_compare, which doesn't need to be filled in for each day
-RAISE INFO 'rank_compare';
-PERFORM backfill_rank_compare(lastday);
-
 RETURN true;
 END; $$;
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_rank_compare.sql b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_rank_compare.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 67de68fef9..0000000000
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/backfill_rank_compare.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION backfill_rank_compare(updateday date DEFAULT NULL::date) RETURNS boolean
-    LANGUAGE plpgsql
-    AS $$
-BEGIN
-
-PERFORM update_rank_compare(updateday, false);
-
-RETURN TRUE;
-END; $$;
-
-
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/update_rank_compare.sql b/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/update_rank_compare.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index ad10af4488..0000000000
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/raw_sql/procs/update_rank_compare.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_rank_compare(updateday date DEFAULT NULL::date, checkdata boolean DEFAULT true, check_period interval DEFAULT '01:00:00'::interval) RETURNS boolean
-    LANGUAGE plpgsql
-    SET client_min_messages TO 'ERROR'
-    AS $$
-BEGIN
--- this function populates a daily matview
--- for rankings of signatures on TCBS
--- depends on the new reports_clean
-
--- run for yesterday if not set
-updateday := COALESCE(updateday, ( CURRENT_DATE -1 ));
-
--- don't care if we've been run
--- since there's no historical data
-
--- check if reports_clean is complete
-IF NOT reports_clean_done(updateday, check_period) THEN
-    IF checkdata THEN
-        RAISE NOTICE 'Reports_clean has not been updated to the end of %',updateday;
-        RETURN FALSE;
-    ELSE
-        RETURN FALSE;
-    END IF;
-END IF;
-
--- obtain a lock on the matview so that we can TRUNCATE
-IF NOT try_lock_table('rank_compare', 'ACCESS EXCLUSIVE') THEN
-	RAISE NOTICE 'unable to lock the rank_compare table for update.';
-    RETURN FALSE;
-END IF;
-
--- create temporary table with totals from reports_clean
-
-CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE prod_sig_counts
-AS SELECT product_version_id, signature_id, count(*) as report_count
-FROM reports_clean
-WHERE utc_day_is(date_processed, updateday)
-GROUP BY product_version_id, signature_id;
-
--- truncate rank_compare since we don't need the old data
-
-TRUNCATE rank_compare CASCADE;
-
--- now insert the new records
-INSERT INTO rank_compare (
-	product_version_id, signature_id,
-	rank_days,
-	report_count,
-	total_reports,
-	rank_report_count,
-	percent_of_total)
-SELECT product_version_id, signature_id,
-	1,
-	report_count,
-	total_count,
-	count_rank,
-	round(( report_count::numeric / total_count ),5)
-FROM (
-	SELECT product_version_id, signature_id,
-		report_count,
-		sum(report_count) over (partition by product_version_id) as total_count,
-		dense_rank() over (partition by product_version_id
-							order by report_count desc) as count_rank
-	FROM prod_sig_counts
-) as initrank;
-
-RETURN TRUE;
-END; $$;
-
-
diff --git a/socorro/external/postgresql/staticdata.py b/socorro/external/postgresql/staticdata.py
index e25d12f93f..feca273fe2 100644
--- a/socorro/external/postgresql/staticdata.py
+++ b/socorro/external/postgresql/staticdata.py
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ class OSNameMatches(BaseTable):
             ['Linux', 'Linux%']]
 
 
-class ProcessTypes(BaseTable):
-    table = 'process_types'
-    columns = ['process_type']
-    rows = [['browser'],
-            ['plugin'],
-            ['content']]
-
-
 class ReleaseChannels(BaseTable):
     table = 'release_channels'
     columns = ['release_channel', 'sort']
@@ -47,26 +39,6 @@ class ReleaseChannels(BaseTable):
             ['ESR', '5']]
 
 
-class ReleaseChannelMatches(BaseTable):
-    table = 'release_channel_matches'
-    columns = ['release_channel', 'match_string']
-    rows = [['Release', 'release'],
-            ['Release', 'default'],
-            ['Beta', 'beta'],
-            ['Aurora', 'aurora'],
-            ['Nightly', 'nightly%']]
-
-
-class UptimeLevels(BaseTable):
-    table = 'uptime_levels'
-    columns = ['uptime_level', 'uptime_string', 'min_uptime', 'max_uptime']
-    rows = [['1', '< 1 min', '00:00:00', '00:01:00'],
-            ['2', '1-5 min', '00:01:00', '00:05:00'],
-            ['3', '5-15 min', '00:05:00', '00:15:00'],
-            ['4', '15-60 min', '00:15:00', '01:00:00'],
-            ['5', '> 1 hour', '01:00:00', '1 year']]
-
-
 class WindowsVersions(BaseTable):
     table = 'windows_versions'
     columns = ['windows_version_name', 'major_version', 'minor_version']
@@ -138,18 +110,6 @@ class ReleaseRepositories(BaseTable):
     ]
 
 
-class CrashTypes(BaseTable):
-    table = 'crash_types'
-    columns = [
-        'crash_type_id', 'crash_type', 'crash_type_short', 'process_type',
-        'has_hang_id', 'old_code', 'include_agg']
-    rows = [['1', 'Browser', 'crash', 'browser', False, 'C', True],
-            ['2', 'OOP Plugin', 'oop', 'plugin', False, 'P', True],
-            ['3', 'Hang Browser', 'hang-b', 'plugin', True, 'c', False],
-            ['4', 'Hang Plugin', 'hang-p', 'browser', True, 'p', True],
-            ['5', 'Content', 'content', 'content', False, 'T', True]]
-
-
 class ReportPartitionInfo(BaseTable):
     table = 'report_partition_info'
     columns = [
@@ -266,10 +226,10 @@ class SpecialProductPlatforms(BaseTable):
     ]
 
 
-# the order that tables are loaded is important.
-tables = [OSNames, OSNameMatches, ProcessTypes, ReleaseChannels,
-          ReleaseChannelMatches, UptimeLevels, WindowsVersions,
+# NOTE(willkg): the order that tables are loaded is important
+tables = [OSNames, OSNameMatches, ReleaseChannels,
+          WindowsVersions,
           OSVersions, ReleaseRepositories,
-          CrashTypes, ReportPartitionInfo,
+          ReportPartitionInfo,
           Products, ProductBuildTypes, ProductReleaseChannels,
           ProductProductIDMap, SpecialProductPlatforms]
diff --git a/socorro/unittest/external/postgresql/test_crashstorage.py b/socorro/unittest/external/postgresql/test_crashstorage.py
index 5f3e94b1b7..376fd9db55 100644
--- a/socorro/unittest/external/postgresql/test_crashstorage.py
+++ b/socorro/unittest/external/postgresql/test_crashstorage.py
@@ -227,11 +227,10 @@ def test_postgres_save_processed_success(self):
         crashstorage.save_processed(a_processed_crash)
 
         assert mocked_database_connection_source.call_count == 1
-        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 2
+        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 1
         # check correct fragments
         sql_fragments = [
             "UPDATE reports_20120402",
-            'select id from plugins',
         ]
         for a_call, a_fragment in zip(mocked_cursor.execute.call_args_list, sql_fragments):
             assert a_fragment in a_call[0][0]
@@ -263,12 +262,10 @@ def fetch_all_func(*args):
         crashstorage.save_processed(a_processed_crash)
 
         assert mocked_database_connection_source.call_count == 1
-        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 3
+        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 1
         # check correct fragments
         sql_fragments = [
             "UPDATE reports_20120402",
-            'select id from plugins',
-            'insert into plugins',
         ]
         for a_call, a_fragment in zip(mocked_cursor.execute.call_args_list, sql_fragments):
             assert a_fragment in a_call[0][0]
@@ -294,7 +291,7 @@ def test_postgres_save_processed_success_3_truncations(self):
         crashstorage.save_processed(a_processed_crash_with_everything_too_long)
 
         assert mocked_database_connection_source.call_count == 1
-        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 2
+        assert mocked_cursor.execute.call_count == 1
 
         # check correct fragments
         first_call = mocked_cursor.execute.call_args_list[0]