diff --git a/test/functional/tools/collection_creates_pair_format.xml b/test/functional/tools/collection_creates_pair_format.xml
index a7d711a92637..f3dea456fd2d 100644
--- a/test/functional/tools/collection_creates_pair_format.xml
+++ b/test/functional/tools/collection_creates_pair_format.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
         <change_format>
           <when input="out_format" value="interval" format="interval" />
         </change_format>
-        <actions>
-            <action name="dbkey" type="metadata" default="hg38" />
-        </actions>
       </data>
       <data name="reverse" format_source="input1" from_work_dir="reverse.txt" />
     </collection>
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@
       <param name="input1" ftype="bed" value="simple_lines_interleaved.txt" />
       <output_collection name="paired_output" type="paired">
         <element name="forward" ftype="txt">
-          <metadata name="dbkey" value="hg38"/>
           <assert_contents>
             <has_text_matching expression="^This is a line of text.\nThis is a line of text.\n$" />
           </assert_contents>
@@ -53,7 +49,6 @@
       </output_collection>
       <output_collection name="paired_output_default_format" type="paired">
         <element name="forward" ftype="fasta">
-          <metadata name="dbkey" value="hg38"/>
           <assert_contents>
             <has_text_matching expression="^This is a line of text.\nThis is a line of text.\n$" />
           </assert_contents>
@@ -70,7 +65,6 @@
       <param name="out_format" value="interval"/>
       <output_collection name="paired_output" type="paired">
         <element name="forward" ftype="interval">
-          <metadata name="dbkey" value="hg38"/>
           <assert_contents>
             <has_text_matching expression="^This is a line of text.\nThis is a line of text.\n$" />
           </assert_contents>
@@ -83,7 +77,6 @@
       </output_collection>
       <output_collection name="paired_output_default_format" type="paired">
         <element name="forward" ftype="interval">
-          <metadata name="dbkey" value="hg38"/>
           <assert_contents>
             <has_text_matching expression="^This is a line of text.\nThis is a line of text.\n$" />
           </assert_contents>