diff --git a/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsSetupFixture.php b/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsSetupFixture.php
index b41ed4bd705de2bf66d482c017b4d6170080a71c..510578cb76ddae119556f95b4330b3e9a7caa052 100644
--- a/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsSetupFixture.php
+++ b/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsSetupFixture.php
@@ -240,19 +240,6 @@ class TestsSetupFixture extends ConsoleCommand
     {
         require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/libs/PiwikTracker/PiwikTracker.php';
 
-        $fixturesToLoad = array(
-            '/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/*.php',
-            '/tests/UI/Fixtures/*.php',
-            '/plugins/*/tests/Fixtures/*.php',
-            '/plugins/*/Test/Fixtures/*.php',
-        );
-
-        foreach($fixturesToLoad as $fixturePath) {
-            foreach (glob(PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . $fixturePath) as $file) {
-                require_once $file;
-            }
-        }
-
         $file = $input->getOption('file');
         if ($file) {
             if (is_file($file)) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/bootstrap.php b/tests/PHPUnit/bootstrap.php
index 2b3cdf01463c4a4faf41ba3b0fe2a4ae0362e4b5..5eed01f8060e99249c7f62095aaf1e405756e94a 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/bootstrap.php
@@ -60,18 +60,6 @@ function setupRootContainer() {
 
 setupRootContainer(); // do it in a function so it doesn't appear in $_GLOBALS and so PHPUnit won't try to serialize it.
 
-// require test fixtures
-$fixturesToLoad = array(
-    '/tests/UI/Fixtures/*.php',
-    '/plugins/*/tests/Fixtures/*.php',
-    '/plugins/*/Test/Fixtures/*.php',
-);
-foreach($fixturesToLoad as $fixturePath) {
-    foreach (glob(PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . $fixturePath) as $file) {
-        require_once $file;
-    }
-}
-
 Locale::setDefaultLocale();
 
 function prepareServerVariables(Config $config)