diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/devices/test_beam_device.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/devices/test_beam_device.py
index bb89efc7a579cbb74182401c884713db4e32a116..07ac6ebdf629664bf908ca7d8df75262906c4d4f 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/devices/test_beam_device.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/devices/test_beam_device.py
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ class TestBeamDevice(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestBeamDevice, self).setUp()
 
-        # lofar_device init_device will launch a DeviceProxy not captured by
-        # the TestDeviceContext making it fail.
-
-        # Patch init_device and force match spec
-        init_patcher = mock.patch.object(
-            beam.Beam, 'init_device', spec=beam.Beam.init_device)
-        self.m_init = init_patcher.start()
-        self.addCleanup(init_patcher.stop)
-
         # Patch DeviceProxy to allow making the proxies during initialisation
         # that we otherwise avoid using
         proxy_patcher = mock.patch.object(