diff --git a/tests/FixtureTest.php b/tests/FixtureTest.php
index dac71f0cf6..8483aee089 100644
--- a/tests/FixtureTest.php
+++ b/tests/FixtureTest.php
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ abstract class FixtureTest extends DatabaseTest
 
 		$dba->setTestmode(true);
 
-		if (DI::lock()->acquire('Test-checkInitialValues', 0)) {
-			DBStructure::checkInitialValues();
-			DI::lock()->release('Test-checkInitialValues');
-		}
-
 		// Load the API dataset for the whole API
 		$this->loadFixture(__DIR__ . '/datasets/api.fixture.php', $dba);
 	}