diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index a7e098307c..cb64dad97d 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from django.core.cache import (
     DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS, CacheKeyWarning, cache, caches,
 )
 from django.core.cache.utils import make_template_fragment_key
-from django.db import connection, connections, transaction
+from django.db import connection, connections
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.middleware.cache import (
     CacheMiddleware, FetchFromCacheMiddleware, UpdateCacheMiddleware,
@@ -971,13 +971,6 @@ class DBCacheTests(BaseCacheTests, TransactionTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(out.getvalue(),
             "Cache table 'test cache table' created.\n")
 
-    def test_clear_commits_transaction(self):
-        # Ensure the database transaction is committed (#19896)
-        cache.set("key1", "spam")
-        cache.clear()
-        transaction.rollback()
-        self.assertIsNone(cache.get("key1"))
-
 
 @override_settings(USE_TZ=True)
 class DBCacheWithTimeZoneTests(DBCacheTests):