diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_migration_archive_files.py b/src/documents/tests/test_migration_archive_files.py
index 05a6fab05..402897e2f 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_migration_archive_files.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_migration_archive_files.py
@@ -281,34 +281,6 @@ class TestMigrateArchiveFilesErrors(DirectoriesMixin, TestMigrations):
     migrate_to = "1012_fix_archive_files"
     auto_migrate = False
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        """
-        These tests intentionally assert that 1012 raises during performMigration.
-        When the base TestMigrations tearDown later migrates back to HEAD, the
-        1012 data step would raise again. Patch that RunPython op to a no-op so
-        we still apply the schema changes but skip the data movement during teardown.
-        """
-        try:
-            import importlib
-
-            from django.db import migrations as dj_migrations
-
-            mig_mod = importlib.import_module(
-                "documents.migrations.1012_fix_archive_files",
-            )
-
-            def _noop(apps, schema_editor):
-                return None
-
-            for op in getattr(mig_mod.Migration, "operations", []):
-                if isinstance(op, dj_migrations.RunPython):
-                    op.code = _noop
-                    op.reverse_code = dj_migrations.RunPython.noop
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        super().tearDown()
-
     def test_archive_missing(self):
         Document = self.apps.get_model("documents", "Document")