diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
index 6145a97f43e5..94240b3c1690 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
@@ -315,9 +315,6 @@ class TestPlacementURLs(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
 class TestNormalizeResourceQsParam(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestNormalizeResourceQsParam, self).setUp()
-
     def test_success(self):
         qs = "VCPU:1"
         resources = util.normalize_resources_qs_param(qs)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/test_netutils.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/test_netutils.py
index 6f5bb6f51f29..de3f45135186 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/test_netutils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/test_netutils.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ from nova.virt import netutils
 
 
 class TestNetUtilsTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestNetUtilsTestCase, self).setUp()
-
     def test_get_cached_vifs_with_vlan_no_nw_info(self):
         # Make sure that an empty dictionary will be returned when
         # nw_info is None