diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
index 2dc2b7ee36d7ca8b38d67e92be0f3c85373a7397..9df2f162472a99d70187e70934e95cb8f036211b 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ def populate_cycles(apps, schema_editor):
 
 
 def populate_projects(apps, schema_editor):
-    from lofar.sas.tmss.test.tmss_test_data_django_models import SchedulingSet_test_data
-
     for name, rank in (("high", 3), ("normal", 2), ("low", 1)):
         tmss_project = models.Project.objects.create(name=name,
                                                  description="Project for all TMSS tests and commissioning (%s priority)" % (name,),
@@ -443,7 +441,7 @@ def populate_projects(apps, schema_editor):
         tmss_project.save()
 
         # for convenience, create a schedulingset for each project
-        models.SchedulingSet.objects.create(**SchedulingSet_test_data(name="Test Scheduling Set", project=tmss_project))
+        models.SchedulingSet.objects.create(name="Test Scheduling Set", project=tmss_project)
 
         project_quota = ProjectQuota.objects.create(project=tmss_project, value=1e12, resource_type=ResourceType.objects.get(name="LTA Storage"))
         sara_fs = Filesystem.objects.get(name="Lofar Storage (SARA)")