diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/test/test-qofinstance.cpp b/libgnucash/engine/test/test-qofinstance.cpp
index 7ed7d2d400..292e25004f 100644
--- a/libgnucash/engine/test/test-qofinstance.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/engine/test/test-qofinstance.cpp
@@ -230,35 +230,7 @@ test_instance_new_destroy( void )
 
     g_test_message( "Testing object destruction" );
     g_object_unref( inst );
-    /* test fields were deinitialized */
-    g_assert( inst );
-    g_assert( !QOF_IS_INSTANCE( inst ) );
-    /* set fatal handler */
-    g_test_log_set_fatal_handler ( ( GTestLogFatalFunc )fatal_handler, NULL );
-    auto hdlr = g_log_set_handler (log_domain, loglevel,
-                                   (GLogFunc)test_checked_handler, check);
-    g_assert( qof_instance_get_collection( inst ) == NULL );
-    g_assert( g_strrstr( error_message, "assertion 'QOF_IS_INSTANCE(ptr)' failed" ) != NULL );
-    g_free( error_message );
-
-    g_free(check->msg);
-    check->msg = g_strdup(msg2);
-    g_assert_cmpint( qof_instance_get_editlevel( inst ), == , 0 );
-    g_assert( g_strrstr( error_message, "assertion 'QOF_IS_INSTANCE(ptr)' failed" ) != NULL );
-    g_free( error_message );
-
-    g_free(check->msg);
-    check->msg = g_strdup(msg3);
-    g_assert( !qof_instance_get_destroying( inst ) );
-    g_assert( g_strrstr( error_message, "assertion 'QOF_IS_INSTANCE(ptr)' failed" ) != NULL );
     g_free( error_message );
-
-    g_free(check->msg);
-    check->msg = g_strdup(msg4);
-    g_assert( !qof_instance_get_dirty_flag( inst ) );
-    g_assert( g_strrstr( error_message, "assertion 'QOF_IS_INSTANCE(ptr)' failed" ) != NULL );
-    g_free( error_message );
-    g_log_remove_handler (log_domain, hdlr);
     test_error_struct_free(check);
 }
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/test/utest-Transaction.cpp b/libgnucash/engine/test/utest-Transaction.cpp
index c322c66f53..e053517b9e 100644
--- a/libgnucash/engine/test/utest-Transaction.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/engine/test/utest-Transaction.cpp
@@ -1358,19 +1358,13 @@ test_xaccTransBeginEdit ()
     xaccTransRollbackEdit (txn);
     g_assert_cmpint (0, ==, qof_instance_get_editlevel (QOF_INSTANCE (txn)));
     g_assert (txn->orig == NULL);
-    qof_book_destroy (book);
-    xaccTransBeginEdit (txn);
-    g_assert_cmpint (1, ==, qof_instance_get_editlevel (QOF_INSTANCE (txn)));
-    g_assert (txn->orig == NULL);
-    g_assert_cmpint (1, ==, check1->hits);
-    g_assert_cmpint (2, ==, check2->hits);
 
     g_log_remove_handler (logdomain, hdlr);
     test_clear_error_list ();
     test_error_struct_free (check1);
     test_error_struct_free (check2);
-    /* qof_book_destroy has already removed enough of the innards that
-       trying to unref the txn and book crashes. */
+    xaccTransDestroy (txn);
+    qof_book_destroy (book);
 }
 /* xaccTransDestroy
 void