diff --git a/test/picardtestcase.py b/test/picardtestcase.py
index 580ddaa491..9dee0ecc06 100644
--- a/test/picardtestcase.py
+++ b/test/picardtestcase.py
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ def get_release_group_by_id(self, rg_id):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
 
 
 class PicardTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
     def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
         log.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
         setup_gettext(None, 'C')
         self.tagger = FakeTagger()
diff --git a/test/test_debug_opt.py b/test/test_debug_opt.py
index 0f697323ee..a534d3044a 100644
--- a/test/test_debug_opt.py
+++ b/test/test_debug_opt.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class DebugOptTestCase(DebugOptEnum):
 
 class TestDebugOpt(PicardTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
         DebugOptTestCase.set_registry(set())
 
     def test_enabled(self):
diff --git a/test/test_mbjson.py b/test/test_mbjson.py
index f466fc5450..73b2e8dd7d 100644
--- a/test/test_mbjson.py
+++ b/test/test_mbjson.py
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ def test_locale_specific_match_first_exc2(self):
 class TestAliasesLocales(PicardTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
         self.maxDiff = None
 
         self.aliases = [
diff --git a/test/test_metadata.py b/test/test_metadata.py
index 1d2c6e7106..55a9490926 100644
--- a/test/test_metadata.py
+++ b/test/test_metadata.py
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         def get_metadata_object():
             pass
 
-        def tearDown(self):
-            pass
-
         def test_metadata_setitem(self):
             self.assertEqual(["single1-value"], self.metadata.getraw("single1"))
             self.assertEqual(["single2-value"], self.metadata.getraw("single2"))
diff --git a/test/test_plugins.py b/test/test_plugins.py
index 57f09a0cc4..dfdaac3e9a 100644
--- a/test/test_plugins.py
+++ b/test/test_plugins.py
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        pass
-
 
 class TestPicardPluginsCommonTmpDir(TestPicardPluginsCommon):