diff --git a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
index 194866762..b9f609973 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ function checkRedis(containerId, done) {
     });
 }
 
-var dockerProxy;
 var imageDeleted;
 var imageCreated;
 
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ function stopBox(done) {
 
     // 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([
-        dockerProxy.close.bind(dockerProxy),
         taskmanager._stopPendingTasks,
         taskmanager._waitForPendingTasks,
         appdb._clear,