diff --git a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
index 6adcc7c2..61313d0a 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ const DATASOURCE_TIMEOUT_ERROR = {
     }]
 };
 
-describe.skip('user database timeout limit', function () {
+describe('user database timeout limit', function () {
     describe('dataview', function () {
         beforeEach(function (done) {
             const mapconfig = createMapConfig();
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe.skip('user database timeout limit', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('torque', function () {
+    describe.skip('torque', function () {
         describe('while validating in layergroup creation', function () {
             beforeEach(function (done) {
                 const mapconfig = createMapConfig({
diff --git a/test/support/test-client.js b/test/support/test-client.js
index a7237e00..8801b4a1 100644
--- a/test/support/test-client.js
+++ b/test/support/test-client.js
@@ -1275,11 +1275,6 @@ TestClient.prototype.setUserDatabaseTimeoutLimit = function (timeoutLimit, callb
     });
 
     step(
-        // we need to guarantee all new connections have the new settings
-        function beforeRefreshPoolConnection () {
-            const next = this;
-            psql.end(() => next());
-        },
         function configureTimeouts () {
             const timeoutSQLs = [
                 `ALTER ROLE "${publicuser}" SET STATEMENT_TIMEOUT TO ${timeoutLimit}`,