diff --git a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/test_management_commands.py b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/test_management_commands.py
index be87cf5..555b035 100644
--- a/tests/xapian_tests/tests/test_management_commands.py
+++ b/tests/xapian_tests/tests/test_management_commands.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ def setUp(self):
             self.sample_objs.append(entry)
             entry.save()
 
-        self.backend.update(self.index, BlogEntry.objects.all())
-
     def verify_indexed_document_count(self, expected):
         count = self.backend.document_count()
         self.assertEqual(count, expected)
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ def test_remove(self):
         self.verify_indexed_document_count(self.NUM_BLOG_ENTRIES - 3)
 
     def test_multiprocessing(self):
-        call_command("clear_index", interactive=False, verbosity=0)
         self.verify_indexed_document_count(0)
 
         old_stderr = sys.stderr