diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
index ed95f92..d607d86 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@
   }
 
   private void replicateBranchDeletion(boolean mirror) throws Exception {
+    tasksStorage.disableDeleteForTesting(false);
+
     setReplicationDestination("foo", "replica", ALL_PROJECTS, mirror);
     reloadConfig();