diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/tests/test_filters.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/tests/test_filters.py
index c2a5b361e2867e598ae34f8048180048b26eb5de..4b1f3b42854075e4e7514c5dd0cee6acab92e419 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ class FiltersTest(TestCase):
         # this simulates the 'Queue (scrubbed)' filter on the ingest page
         request.session = {'ingest_filter': 'scrubbed'}
 
-        middleware = SessionMiddleware()
-        middleware.process_request(request)
-        request.session.save()
-
         # after aggregating per sas_id, 2 objects with status 'scrubbed' remain
         tasks = get_filtered_tasks(request, None, "sas_id")
-        self.assertEqual(tasks.count(),2)
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+        self.assertEqual(tasks.count(), 2)