diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tests.py b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
index 5c4fdd514a..ff85a9b752 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
@@ -689,7 +689,6 @@ class NonExistentFixtureTests(TestCase):
     """
     Custom class to limit fixture dirs.
     """
-    available_apps = ['django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes']
 
     def test_loaddata_not_existent_fixture_file(self):
         stdout_output = six.StringIO()
diff --git a/tests/multiple_database/tests.py b/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
index 0a70b20dad..0ea3b6667e 100644
--- a/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
+++ b/tests/multiple_database/tests.py
@@ -1794,11 +1794,6 @@ class SyncOnlyDefaultDatabaseRouter(object):
 
 class MigrateTestCase(TestCase):
 
-    available_apps = [
-        'multiple_database',
-        'django.contrib.auth',
-        'django.contrib.contenttypes'
-    ]
     multi_db = True
 
     def test_migrate_to_other_database(self):
diff --git a/tests/swappable_models/tests.py b/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
index a9a7751888..548c7b3286 100644
--- a/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
+++ b/tests/swappable_models/tests.py
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ from django.utils.six import StringIO
 
 class SwappableModelTests(TestCase):
 
-    available_apps = [
-        'swappable_models',
-        'django.contrib.auth',
-        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    ]
-
     @override_settings(TEST_ARTICLE_MODEL='swappable_models.AlternateArticle')
     def test_generated_data(self):
         "Permissions and content types are not created for a swapped model"