diff --git a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
index 17f0267b8..087b485a9 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ var appdb = require('../../appdb.js'),
     settings = require('../../settings.js'),
     settingsdb = require('../../settingsdb.js'),
     superagent = require('superagent'),
-    taskmanager = require('../../taskmanager.js'),
     tokendb = require('../../tokendb.js'),
     url = require('url'),
     uuid = require('uuid');
@@ -221,10 +220,7 @@ function stopBox(done) {
 
     child_process.execSync('docker ps -qa --filter \'network=cloudron\' | xargs --no-run-if-empty docker rm -f');
 
-    // db is not cleaned up here since it's too late to call it after server.stop. if called before server.stop taskmanager apptasks are unhappy :/
     async.series([
-        taskmanager._stopPendingTasks,
-        taskmanager._waitForPendingTasks,
         database._clear,
         server.stop,
         ldap.stop