diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/test/ra_test_environment.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/test/ra_test_environment.py
index 03a0a4db19a91eb245fb736d1ee017dd2fdc111c..c31d69e1b5274f62f4dee230469e64848d1660f6 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/test/ra_test_environment.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/test/ra_test_environment.py
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ def main():
     from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
     with RATestEnvironment(exchange=options.exchange, broker=options.broker) as instance:
-        with RARPC.create(exchange=options.exchange, broker=options.broker) as rarpc:
-            rarpc.do_assignment(2000000, { 'otdb_id': 2000000,
-                                           'task_type': 'observation',
-                                           'task_subtype': 'bfmeasurement',
-                                           'status': 'approved',
-                                           'starttime': datetime.utcnow()+timedelta(hours=1),
-                                           'endtime': datetime.utcnow()+timedelta(hours=2)})
-
         # print some nice info for the user to use the test servers...
         # use print instead of log for clean lines.
         for h in logging.root.handlers: