diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index a83795cb9a..dd3cf3b658 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -127,11 +127,15 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
     })
 
     it("can delete an existing view", async () => {
-      await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id, { expectStatus: 200 })
+      const tableId = config.table!._id!
+      const getPersistedView = async () =>
+        (await config.api.table.get(tableId)).views![view.name]
 
-      await config.api.viewV2.delete(config.table?._id!, view.id)
+      expect(await getPersistedView()).toBeDefined()
 
-      await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id, { expectStatus: 404 })
+      await config.api.viewV2.delete(tableId, view.id)
+
+      expect(await getPersistedView()).toBeUndefined()
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
index f759abd47c..cd9f42b82c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
+import { TableAPI } from "./table"
 import { ViewV2API } from "./viewV2"
 
 export default class API {
+  table: TableAPI
   viewV2: ViewV2API
 
   constructor(config: TestConfiguration) {
+    this.table = new TableAPI(config)
     this.viewV2 = new ViewV2API(config)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3ef6efa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
+import { TestAPI } from "./base"
+
+export class TableAPI extends TestAPI {
+  constructor(config: TestConfiguration) {
+    super(config)
+  }
+
+  get = async (
+    tableId: string,
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ): Promise<Table> => {
+    const res = await this.request
+      .get(`/api/tables/${tableId}`)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+    return res.body
+  }
+}