diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/tags/GET-tags.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/tags/GET-tags.test.js
index 7a24963474..ef080a2ee7 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/tags/GET-tags.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/tags/GET-tags.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ describe('GET /tags', () => {
   let user;
 
   before(async () => {
-    user = await generateUser();
+    user = await generateUser({
+      tags: [],
+    });
   });
 
   it('returns all user\'s tags', async () => {
@@ -15,8 +17,8 @@ describe('GET /tags', () => {
 
     let tags = await user.get('/tags');
 
-    expect(tags.length).to.equal(2 + 3); // + 3 because 1 is a default task
-    expect(tags[tags.length - 2].name).to.equal(tag1.name);
-    expect(tags[tags.length - 1].name).to.equal(tag2.name);
+    expect(tags.length).to.equal(2);
+    expect(tags[0].name).to.equal(tag1.name);
+    expect(tags[1].name).to.equal(tag2.name);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/tags/POST-tag-reorder.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/tags/POST-tag-reorder.test.js
index 0710cecf3e..5d12eb974f 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/tags/POST-tag-reorder.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/tags/POST-tag-reorder.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ describe('POST /reorder-tags', () => {
   let user;
 
   before(async () => {
-    user = await generateUser();
+    user = await generateUser({
+      tags: [],
+    });
   });
 
   it('returns error when no parameters are provided', async () => {
@@ -35,10 +37,10 @@ describe('POST /reorder-tags', () => {
     await user.post('/tags', {name: tag2Name});
     await user.sync();
 
-    await user.post('/reorder-tags', {tagId: user.tags[4].id, to: 3});
+    await user.post('/reorder-tags', {tagId: user.tags[0].id, to: 1});
     await user.sync();
 
-    expect(user.tags[3].name).to.equal(tag2Name);
-    expect(user.tags[4].name).to.equal(tag1Name);
+    expect(user.tags[0].name).to.equal(tag2Name);
+    expect(user.tags[1].name).to.equal(tag1Name);
   });
 });