diff --git a/backend/controllers/email.controller.test.js b/backend/controllers/email.controller.test.js
index 515a99a59..ecad2417a 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/email.controller.test.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/email.controller.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 const EmailController = require('./email.controller');
 
-const { setupDB } = require('../setup-test');
-setupDB('conrtoller-email');
-
 test('Can import the email controller', async () => {
   expect(EmailController).not.toBeUndefined();
 });
diff --git a/backend/controllers/event.controller.test.js b/backend/controllers/event.controller.test.js
index 0c3555f61..bbfe625b5 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/event.controller.test.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/event.controller.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-const { setupDB } = require('../setup-test');
-setupDB('event-controller');
-
 const EventController = require('./event.controller');
 
 test('Can import the email controller', async () => {
diff --git a/backend/controllers/project.controller.test.js b/backend/controllers/project.controller.test.js
index 47cc470da..180525343 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/project.controller.test.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/project.controller.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 const ProjectController = require('./project.controller');
 
-const { setupDB } = require('../setup-test');
-setupDB('project-controller');
-
 test('Can import the project controller', async () => {
   expect(ProjectController).not.toBeUndefined();
 });
diff --git a/backend/controllers/user.controller.test.js b/backend/controllers/user.controller.test.js
index 7d89aa599..fdf59cde1 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/user.controller.test.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/user.controller.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-const { setupDB } = require('../setup-test');
-setupDB('conrtoller-user');
-
-jest.mock('../models/user.model');
 const userContoller = require('./user.controller');
 
 test('Can import the email controller', async () => {
diff --git a/backend/models/checkin.test.js b/backend/models/checkin.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cbb12811e..000000000
--- a/backend/models/checkin.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-const { CheckIn } = require('./checkIn.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-setupDB("checkin-model");
-
-describe("Checkin Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test("Save a model instance and then read from the db", async (done) => {
-    const submittedCheckinData = {
-      userId: "1",
-      eventId: "23",
-      checkedIn: true,
-      createdDate: 1594023390039,
-    };
-
-    await CheckIn.create(submittedCheckinData);
-    const savedCheckinDataArray = await CheckIn.find();
-    const savedCheckinData = savedCheckinDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedCheckinData.userId).toBe(submittedCheckinData.userId);
-    expect(savedCheckinData.eventId).toBe(submittedCheckinData.eventId);
-    expect(savedCheckinData.createdDate.getTime()).toBe(submittedCheckinData.createdDate);
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/models/event.test.js b/backend/models/event.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a5ef54c8..000000000
--- a/backend/models/event.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-const { setupDB } = require('../setup-test');
-setupDB("event-model");
-
-const { Event } = require('./event.model');
-
-describe('CREATE', () => {
-  test('Can create a complex Event', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: 'eventName',
-      location: {
-        // should we include address here?
-        city: 'Los Angeles',
-        state: 'California',
-        country: 'USA',
-      },
-      hacknight: 'Online', // DTLA, Westside, South LA, Online
-      eventType: 'Workshop', // Project Meeting, Orientation, Workshop
-      description: 'A workshop to do stuff',
-      date: 1594023390039,
-      startTime: 1594023390039, // start date and time of the event
-      endTime: 1594023390039, // end date and time of the event
-      hours: 2, // length of the event in hours
-      createdDate: 1594023390039, // date/time event was created
-      updatedDate: 1594023390039, // date/time event was last updated
-      checkInReady: false, // is the event open for check-ins?
-      owner: {
-        ownerId: 33, // id of user who created event
-      },
-    };
-
-    await Event.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Event.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe( submittedData.name);
-    expect(savedData.location.city).toBe(submittedData.location.city);
-    expect(savedData.startTime.getTime()).toBe(submittedData.startTime);
-    done();
-  });
-
-  test('Can create a simple Event', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = { name: 'testEvent' };
-    await Event.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Event.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe('testEvent');
-    done();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('Cannot save simple data', () => {});
diff --git a/backend/models/project.test.js b/backend/models/project.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dba0521d..000000000
--- a/backend/models/project.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-const { Project } = require('./project.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-
-setupDB("user-model");
-
-describe("Project Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test("Save a model instance and then read from the db", async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: "projectTest",
-      description: "An instance of a Project model",
-      githubIdentifier: "VRMS",
-      projectStatus: "Active", // Active, Completed, or Paused
-      location: "Remote", // DTLA, Westside, South LA, or Remote (hacknight)
-      createdDate: 1594023390039, // date/time project was created
-      completedDate: 1594023390039, // only if Status = Completed, date/time completed
-      githubUrl: "https://github.com/hackforla/VRMS", // link to main repo
-      slackUrl: "hackforla.slack.com", // link to Slack channel
-    };
-
-    await Project.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Project.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe(submittedData.name);
-    expect(savedData.githubIdentifier).toBe(submittedData.githubIdentifier);
-    expect(savedData.githubUrl).toBe(submittedData.githubUrl);
-
-
-    done();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('CREATE/READ', () => {
-  test('Create Project with Mongoose model', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: 'projectTest',
-    };
-
-    await Project.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Project.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe(submittedData.name);
-    done();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('UPDATE', () => {
-  test('Update Project with Mongoose model', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: 'projectTest',
-    };
-
-    await Project.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Project.find().exec();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe(submittedData.name);
-
-    const updatedData = { name: 'updatedEventName' };
-
-    const updatedProject = await Project.findOneAndUpdate({_id: savedData._id}, updatedData, 
-      {new: true});
-
-    expect(updatedProject.name).toBe(updatedData.name);
-    done();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('DELETE', () => {
-  test('Delete Project with Mongoose model', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: 'projectTest',
-    };
-
-    await Project.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Project.find().exec();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name).toBe(submittedData.name);
-
-    const deleteData = await Project.deleteOne(submittedData);
-    expect(deleteData.ok).toBe(1);
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/models/projectTeamMemer.test.js b/backend/models/projectTeamMemer.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 85a624dd3..000000000
--- a/backend/models/projectTeamMemer.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-const { ProjectTeamMember } = require('./projectTeamMember.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-setupDB("projectTeamMember-model");
-
-// Please add and expand on this simple test.
-describe("ProjectTeamMember Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test("Save a model instance and then read from the db", async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      teamMemberStatus: "Inactive", // Active or Inactive
-      vrmsProjectAdmin: true, // does this team member have admin rights to the project in VRMS?
-      roleOnProject: "Developer", // Developer, Project Manager, UX, Data Science
-      joinedDate: 1594023390039, // date/time joined project
-      leftDate: 1594023390039, // only if Status = Inactive, date/time went inactive
-      leftReason: "other", // project completed, project paused, switched projects, no-show, other
-      githubPermissionLevel: "Write", // Write, Triage, Read, Maintainer, or Admin; pull from Github API?
-      onProjectGithub: true, // added to the project team on github? pull from github api?
-      onProjectGoogleDrive: false, // added to the project team's google drive folder?
-    };
-
-    await ProjectTeamMember.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await ProjectTeamMember.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.teamMemberStatus).toBe(submittedData.teamMemberStatus);
-    expect(savedData.joinedDate.getTime()).toBe(submittedData.joinedDate);
-    expect(
-      savedData.githubPermissionLevel).toBe(submittedData.githubPermissionLevel
-    );
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/models/question.test.js b/backend/models/question.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c53b8af0..000000000
--- a/backend/models/question.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-const { Question } = require('./question.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-setupDB("question-model");
-
-// Please add and expand on this simple test.
-describe("Question Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test("Save a model instance and then read from the db", async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      questionText: "Is this a test?",
-      htmlName: "html_name_test",
-      // inputType: { type: String, default: "text" },
-      answers: {
-        answerOneText: "test answer one",
-        answerTwoText: "test answer two",
-        answerThreeText: "test answer three",
-        answerFourText: "test answer four",
-      },
-    };
-
-    await Question.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await Question.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.questionText).toBe(submittedData.questionText);
-    expect(
-      savedData.answers.answerOneText).toBe(submittedData.answers.answerOneText
-    );
-    expect(
-      savedData.answers.answerThreeText).toBe(
-        submittedData.answers.answerThreeText
-    );
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/models/recurringEvent.test.js b/backend/models/recurringEvent.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2975cbd56..000000000
--- a/backend/models/recurringEvent.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-const { RecurringEvent } = require('./recurringEvent.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-setupDB("recurringEvent-model");
-
-// Please add and expand on this simple test.
-describe("Question Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test("Save a model instance and then read from the db", async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: "testRecurringEvent",
-      location: {
-        // should we include address here?
-        city: "Los Angeles",
-        state: "California",
-        country: "USA",
-      },
-      hacknight: "Online", // DTLA, Westside, South LA, Online
-      brigade: "Hack for LA",
-      eventType: "Workshop", // Project Meeting, Orientation, Workshop
-      description: "A test instance",
-      date: 1594023390039,
-      startTime: 1594023390039, // start date and time of the event
-      endTime: 1594023390039, // end date and time of the event
-      hours: 1594023390039, // length of the event in hours
-      createdDate: 1594023390039, // date/time event was created
-      updatedDate: 1594023390039, // date/time event was last updated
-      checkInReady: true, // is the event open for check-ins?
-    };
-
-    await RecurringEvent.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await RecurringEvent.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name === submittedData.name);
-    expect(savedData.location.country === submittedData.location.country);
-    expect(savedData.description === submittedData.description);
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/models/user.test.js b/backend/models/user.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index acce39ae1..000000000
--- a/backend/models/user.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-const { User } = require('./user.model');
-
-const { setupDB } = require("../setup-test");
-
-setupDB("user-model");
-
-// Please add and expand on this simple test.
-describe("Question Model saves the correct values", () => {
-  test('Save a model instance and then read from the db', async (done) => {
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: {
-        firstName: 'Test',
-        lastName: 'User',
-      },
-      email: 'test@test.com',
-      accessLevel: 'user',
-      createdDate: 1594023390039,
-      currentRole: 'mage',
-      desiredRole: 'warlock',
-      newMember: true,
-      currentJobTitle: 'freehand artist',
-      desiredJobTitle: 'textile factory worker',
-      skillsToMatch: ['marketing assistant'],
-      firstAttended: 'year 0',
-      attendanceReason: 'training',
-      githubHandle: '@testuser',
-      phone: '867-5309',
-      textingOk: true,
-      slackName: 'slacktestuser',
-    };
-
-    await User.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await User.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name.firstName).toBe(submittedData.name.firstName);
-    expect(savedData.currentRole).toBe(submittedData.currentRole);
-    expect(savedData.desiredJobTitle).toBe(submittedData.desiredJobTitle);
-    done();
-  });
-
-  test('Create a simple user', async (done) => {
-    // Test Data
-    const submittedData = {
-      name: {
-        firstName: 'test',
-        lastName: 'user',
-      },
-      email: 'newtest@test.com',
-    };
-
-    await User.create(submittedData);
-    const savedDataArray = await User.find();
-    const savedData = savedDataArray[0];
-    expect(savedData.name.firstName).toBe(submittedData.name.firstName);
-    expect(savedData.currentRole).toBe(submittedData.currentRole);
-    expect(savedData.desiredJobTitle).toBe(submittedData.desiredJobTitle);
-    done();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/backend/setup-test.js b/backend/setup-test.js
index 3256e029a..708d8c368 100644
--- a/backend/setup-test.js
+++ b/backend/setup-test.js
@@ -33,36 +33,6 @@ async function dropAllCollections() {
 }
 let mongoServer;
 module.exports = {
-  setupDB(databaseName) {
-    // Connect to Mongoose
-    beforeAll(async () => {
-      mongoServer = new MongoMemoryServer({
-        instance: { dbName: databaseName },
-      });
-      const mongoUri = await mongoServer.getUri();
-      const opts = {
-        useNewUrlParser: true,
-        useFindAndModify: false,
-        useCreateIndex: true,
-        useUnifiedTopology: true,
-      };
-      await mongoose.connect(mongoUri, opts, (err) => {
-        if (err) console.error(err);
-      });
-    });
-
-    // Cleans up database between each test
-    afterEach(async () => {
-      await removeAllCollections();
-    });
-
-    // Disconnect Mongoose
-    afterAll(async () => {
-      await dropAllCollections();
-      await mongoose.connection.close();
-      await mongoServer.stop();
-    });
-  },
   setupIntegrationDB(databaseName) {
     // Connect to Mongoose
     beforeAll(async () => {