diff --git a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestTotalFacetCountsCache.java b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestTotalFacetCountsCache.java
index ec1e4b38367..01cb066dda4 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestTotalFacetCountsCache.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestTotalFacetCountsCache.java
@@ -323,19 +323,6 @@ public class TestTotalFacetCountsCache extends LuceneTestCase {
     assertTrue("Should be obtained from cache at 8th attempt",totalCounts == 
       TFC.getTotalCounts(readers[0].indexReader, readers[0].taxReader, iParams, null));
     
-    // delete a doc from the reader and commit - should recompute
-    origReader.close();
-    origReader = readers[0].indexReader;
-    readers[0].indexReader = IndexReader.open(origReader.directory(),false);
-    initCache();
-    totalCounts = TFC.getTotalCounts(readers[0].indexReader, readers[0].taxReader, iParams, null);
-    prevGen = assertRecomputed(totalCounts, prevGen, "after opening a writable reader - 9th attempt!");
-    // now do the delete
-    readers[0].indexReader.deleteDocument(1);
-    readers[0].indexReader.commit(null);
-    totalCounts = TFC.getTotalCounts(readers[0].indexReader, readers[0].taxReader, iParams, null);
-    prevGen = assertRecomputed(totalCounts, prevGen, "after deleting docs the index - 10th attempt!");
-    
     origReader.close();
     readers[0].close();
     r2.close();
diff --git a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestIndexClose.java b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestIndexClose.java
index 729090332ed..1c56a9675bb 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestIndexClose.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestIndexClose.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class TestIndexClose extends LuceneTestCase {
       }  
       @Override
       protected IndexReader openIndexReader(Directory dir) throws CorruptIndexException, IOException {
-        return new InstrumentedIndexReader(IndexReader.open(dir,true)); 
+        return new InstrumentedIndexReader(IndexReader.open(dir)); 
       }
 
     }
diff --git a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/util/TestScoredDocIDsUtils.java b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/util/TestScoredDocIDsUtils.java
index db16003ee43..a07bfedd523 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/util/TestScoredDocIDsUtils.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/util/TestScoredDocIDsUtils.java
@@ -231,14 +231,11 @@ public class TestScoredDocIDsUtils extends LuceneTestCase {
     for (int docNum = 0; docNum < nDocs; docNum++) {
       writer.addDocument(docFactory.getDoc(docNum));
     }
+    // Delete documents marked for deletion
+    writer.deleteDocuments(new Term(DocumentFactory.field, DocumentFactory.delTxt));
     writer.close();
 
-    // Delete documents marked for deletion
-    IndexReader reader = IndexReader.open(dir, false);
-    reader.deleteDocuments(new Term(DocumentFactory.field, DocumentFactory.delTxt));
-    reader.close();
-
     // Open a fresh read-only reader with the deletions in place
-    return IndexReader.open(dir, true);
+    return IndexReader.open(dir);
   }
 }