diff --git a/src/test/unittest/index.ts b/src/test/unittest/index.ts
index 640db77a..d1934133 100644
--- a/src/test/unittest/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/unittest/index.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ import * as Mocha from 'mocha';
 import * as glob from 'glob';
 
 export function run(): Promise<void> {
-    if ((Reflect as any).metadata === undefined) {
-        require('reflect-metadata');
-    }
-
     process.env.VSC_PYTHON_UNIT_TEST = '1';
     // Create the mocha test
     const mocha = new Mocha({
diff --git a/src/test/unittests.ts b/src/test/unittests.ts
index 22759796..e4cfdedc 100644
--- a/src/test/unittests.ts
+++ b/src/test/unittests.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
     });
 }
 
-if ((Reflect as any).metadata === undefined) {
-    require('reflect-metadata');
-}
-
 process.env.VSC_PYTHON_CI_TEST = '1';
 process.env.VSC_PYTHON_UNIT_TEST = '1';
 process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production'; // Make sure react is using production bits or we can run out of memory.