diff --git a/nova/tests/test_quantum.py b/nova/tests/test_quantum.py
index 19fa109b2..174c512db 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_quantum.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_quantum.py
@@ -193,12 +193,6 @@ class QuantumNovaTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(QuantumNovaTestCase, self).setUp()
 
-        # Create an actual project -- with this we will touch more of
-        # the code in QuantumManager (related to fetching networks, etc)
-        for x in ['fake_project1', 'fake_project2']:
-            values = {'id': x, 'name': x}
-            project = db.project_create(context.get_admin_context(), values)
-
         self.net_man = quantum_manager.QuantumManager(
                 ipam_lib="nova.network.quantum.nova_ipam_lib",
                 q_conn=FakeQuantumClientConnection())
@@ -220,11 +214,6 @@ class QuantumNovaTestCase(test.TestCase):
             for fip_ref in result:
                 session.delete(fip_ref)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        # Clean up our projects
-        db.project_delete(context.get_admin_context(), 'fake_project1')
-        db.project_delete(context.get_admin_context(), 'fake_project2')
-
     def _create_network(self, n):
         ctx = context.RequestContext('user1', n['project_id'])
         nwks = self.net_man.create_networks(