diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/test/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherUtilTest.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/test/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherUtilTest.java
index 72f51e11366..43ead14f7d4 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/test/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherUtilTest.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/test/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherUtilTest.java
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ public class APIPublisherUtilTest extends BaseAPIPublisherTest {
 
     private void startTenantFlowAsTestTenant() {
         PrivilegedCarbonContext.startTenantFlow();
-        PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext().setTenantId(123,
-                false);
         PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext().setTenantDomain("test");
     }
 }