diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8e661f3cb4ffd30111912ba3dfd4a0e35d2e1fdb..d2e3587c0a24d84971e0f3b6b7350fc5f8c21e99 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           name: run tests
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
-            python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity=0
             python manage.py check
             python manage.py makemigrations --check --noinput --verbosity=1
             coverage run --source='hypha' manage.py test
diff --git a/hypha/settings/test.py b/hypha/settings/test.py
index d3a4abdea729367eddf73d8912f0a52a60f803a9..610dc3b03352a6d17bfd0d2b6365675a515d929b 100644
--- a/hypha/settings/test.py
+++ b/hypha/settings/test.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'NOT A SECRET'
 PROJECTS_ENABLED = True
 PROJECTS_AUTO_CREATE = True
 
-# Need this to ensure white noise doesn't kill the speed of testing
-# http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/latest/django.html#whitenoise-makes-my-tests-run-slow
-WHITENOISE_AUTOREFRESH = True
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage'
 
 PASSWORD_HASHERS = [
     'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',