diff --git a/alternator-test/conftest.py b/alternator-test/conftest.py
index fbb3c57ea7..facaf0cdc7 100644
--- a/alternator-test/conftest.py
+++ b/alternator-test/conftest.py
@@ -98,19 +98,7 @@ def test_table_s(dynamodb):
         AttributeDefinitions=[ { 'AttributeName': 'p', 'AttributeType': 'S' } ])
     yield table
     table.delete()
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def test_2_tables(dynamodb):
-    tables = [create_test_table(dynamodb,
-        KeySchema=[ { 'AttributeName': 'p', 'KeyType': 'HASH' },
-                    { 'AttributeName': 'c', 'KeyType': 'RANGE' }
-        ],
-        AttributeDefinitions=[
-                    { 'AttributeName': 'p', 'AttributeType': 'S' },
-                    { 'AttributeName': 'c', 'AttributeType': 'S' },
-        ]) for _ in range(2)]
-    yield tables
-    [table.delete() for table in tables]
 def test_table_b(dynamodb):
     table = create_test_table(dynamodb,
         KeySchema=[ { 'AttributeName': 'p', 'KeyType': 'HASH' }, ],
diff --git a/alternator-test/test_table.py b/alternator-test/test_table.py
index 22da0ce31f..8ae7ccc268 100644
--- a/alternator-test/test_table.py
+++ b/alternator-test/test_table.py
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ def list_tables(dynamodb, limit):
 # Note that the DyanamoDB setup we run this against may have hundreds of
 # other tables, for all we know. We just need to check that the tables we
 # created are indeed listed.
-def test_list_tables_paginated(dynamodb, test_table, test_2_tables):
-    my_tables_set = set([table.name for table in test_2_tables + [test_table]])
+def test_list_tables_paginated(dynamodb, test_table, test_table_s, test_table_b):
+    my_tables_set = {table.name for table in [test_table, test_table_s, test_table_b]}
     for limit in [1, 2, 3, 4, 50, 100]:
         print("testing limit={}".format(limit))
         list_tables_set = set(list_tables(dynamodb, limit))