1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/test/javascript/tests/reader_acl.js b/test/javascript/tests/reader_acl.js
index 3966b64cb..8dc28aae9 100644
--- a/test/javascript/tests/reader_acl.js
+++ b/test/javascript/tests/reader_acl.js
@@ -215,11 +215,7 @@ couchTests.reader_acl = function(debug) {
   );
         
   usersDb.deleteDb();
-  // have to delete the backside version now too :(
-  var req = CouchDB.newXhr();
-  req.open("DELETE", "/_node/node1@127.0.0.1/" + users_db_name, false);
-  req.send("");
-  CouchDB.maybeThrowError(req);
-
+  // don't have to delete the backside db since in this case couch_auth_cache only read
+  // admin from the config section and so it never auto-created the node local db
   secretDb.deleteDb();
 }