diff --git a/scripts/src/tests/deploy/external.rs b/scripts/src/tests/deploy/external.rs
index 8e77267fe..c19034170 100644
--- a/scripts/src/tests/deploy/external.rs
+++ b/scripts/src/tests/deploy/external.rs
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ impl<Chain: CwEnv> cw_orch::contract::Deploy<Chain> for TokenFactorySuite<Chain>
     fn deploy_on(chain: Chain, _data: Self::DeployData) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         // ########### Upload ##############
         let suite: TokenFactorySuite<Chain> = TokenFactorySuite::store_on(chain.clone()).unwrap();
-        // ########### Instantiate ##############
-        let init = TokenfactoryIssuerInit::NewToken {
-            subdenom: "DAOTOKEN".into(),
-        };
-        suite.tokenfactory.instantiate(&init, None, None)?;
         Ok(suite)
     }
 }