diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
index 38b7e0e..cf349ab 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.testing.ConfigSuite;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
-import org.junit.Before;
 
 public class ElasticReindexIT extends AbstractReindexTests {
 
@@ -39,10 +38,4 @@
   public void configureIndex(Injector injector) {
     createAllIndexes(injector);
   }
-
-  @Before
-  public void reindexFirstSinceElastic() throws Exception {
-    assertServerStartupFails();
-    runGerrit("reindex", "-d", sitePaths.site_path.toString(), "--show-stack-trace");
-  }
 }