diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/models/test_workflow.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/models/test_workflow.py
index 3b61e6c29b..cc4c42ecfe 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/models/test_workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/models/test_workflow.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from django.test import TransactionTestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 
-@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestWorkflowDAGFunctional(TransactionTestCase):
     def workflow_job(self, states=['new', 'new', 'new', 'new', 'new']):
         """
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/task_management/test_capacity.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/task_management/test_capacity.py
index 7b7b7d7dc0..4bcb63507c 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/task_management/test_capacity.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/task_management/test_capacity.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from awx.main.models import (
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestCapacityMapping(TransactionTestCase):
 
     def sample_cluster(self):
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_user.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_user.py
index 403767749f..c161a79c2f 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_user.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_user.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from awx.main.access import UserAccess, RoleAccess, TeamAccess
 from awx.main.models import User, Organization, Inventory
 
 
-@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestSysAuditorTransactional(TransactionTestCase):
     def rando(self):
         return User.objects.create(username='rando', password='rando', email='rando@com.com')