diff --git a/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_getset.py b/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_getset.py
index cae3442b3fe..5cc8ef9cbc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_getset.py
+++ b/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_getset.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import gc
-
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import scipy.sparse
@@ -514,9 +512,6 @@ def test_getset_subindex(storage, config):
     ],
 )
 def test_init_subindex(storage, config):
-    if storage == 'redis':
-        gc.collect()
-
     num_top_level_docs = 5
     num_chunks_per_doc = 3
     subindex_configs = (
diff --git a/tests/unit/array/test_sequence.py b/tests/unit/array/test_sequence.py
index 83aed2e8376..458e563f7c5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/array/test_sequence.py
+++ b/tests/unit/array/test_sequence.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import gc
 import tempfile
 import uuid
 
@@ -91,9 +90,6 @@ def test_context_manager_from_disk(storage, config, start_storage, tmpdir, tmpfi
     config = config
     update_config_inplace(config, tmpdir, tmpfile)
 
-    if storage == 'redis':
-        gc.collect()
-
     da = DocumentArray(storage=storage, config=config)
 
     with da as da_open: