diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
index 538d5d7480920cc1ca4c924914f675e91e4c8892..ef0268ca1427f92a1212d331c779013b5d78f86e 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ def TaskConnectorType_test_data() -> dict:
             "datatype": models.Datatype.objects.get(value='instrument model'),
             "dataformat": models.Dataformat.objects.get(value='Beamformed'),
             "task_template": models.TaskTemplate.objects.create(**TaskTemplate_test_data()),
-            "iotype": models.IOType.objects.get(value=models.IOType.Choices.OUTPUT.value),
-            "tags": []}
+            "iotype": models.IOType.objects.get(value=models.IOType.Choices.OUTPUT.value)}
 
 def Cycle_test_data() -> dict:
     return {"name": 'my_cycle' + str(uuid.uuid4()),
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
index b0264d53860e2ac374fc822cddaa56f3032f811b..7fbd564e75315243b58a3f8cf5b8061fb398cbe7 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ class TMSSRESTTestDataCreator():
                 "datatype": self.django_api_url + '/datatype/image',
                 "dataformat": self.django_api_url + '/dataformat/Beamformed',
                 "task_template": task_template_url,
-                "iotype": self.django_api_url + '/iotype/%s'%iotype,
-                "tags": []}
+                "iotype": self.django_api_url + '/iotype/%s'%iotype}
 
 
     def DefaultTemplates(self, name="defaulttemplate"):