diff --git a/tests/realtime/redisPublisher.js b/tests/realtime/redisPublisher.js
index 1167819676..9af6d65f91 100644
--- a/tests/realtime/redisPublisher.js
+++ b/tests/realtime/redisPublisher.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ describe('publishSample with redis cache on', () => {
   const aspectName = `${tu.namePrefix}Aspect`;
   const sampleName = `${subjectName}|${aspectName}`;
 
-  before(() => tu.toggleOverride('enableRedisSampleStore', true));
-  beforeEach((done) => {
+  before((done) => {
+    tu.toggleOverride('enableRedisSampleStore', true);
     let a1;
     let s1;
     Aspect.create({
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ describe('publishSample with redis cache on', () => {
     .catch(done);
   });
 
-  afterEach(rtu.forceDelete);
-  afterEach(rtu.flushRedis);
-  after(() => tu.toggleOverride('enableRedisSampleStore', false));
+  after((done) => {
+    tu.toggleOverride('enableRedisSampleStore', false);
+    rtu.forceDelete(done);
+  });
 
   it('certain fields in aspect should be array, and others ' +
   'should be undefined', (done) => {