diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
index 86c3ee24f2..e87233d458 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const CouchDB = require("../../../db")
 const { create, destroy } = require("../../../db/clientDb")
 const supertest = require("supertest")
-const app = require("../../../app")
 const {
   POWERUSER_LEVEL_ID,
   ANON_LEVEL_ID,