diff --git a/qubes/tests/vm/dispvm.py b/qubes/tests/vm/dispvm.py
index cb5fb55d..611f8c6f 100644
--- a/qubes/tests/vm/dispvm.py
+++ b/qubes/tests/vm/dispvm.py
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ class TC_00_DispVM(qubes.tests.QubesTestCase):
             })
             vm = self.dispvm = self.app.add_new_vm(qubes.vm.dispvm.DispVM,
                 name='test-dispvm', template=self.appvm)
-            self.loop.run_until_complete(vm.create_on_disk())
             self.assertIs(vm.volume_config['root']['source'],
                 self.template.volumes['root'])
             # create new mock, so new template will get different volumes
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ class TC_00_DispVM(qubes.tests.QubesTestCase):
             vm = self.dispvm = self.app.add_new_vm(qubes.vm.dispvm.DispVM,
                 name='test-dispvm', template=self.appvm)
             self.assertTrue(vm.events_enabled)
-            self.loop.run_until_complete(self.dispvm.create_on_disk())
             # create new mock, so new template will get different volumes
             self.app.pools['default'] = mock.Mock(**{
                 'init_volume.return_value.pool': 'default'})