diff -r 6f42f1460f99 -r eac7f5b20f9f cubicweb/server/test/unittest_hook.py
--- a/cubicweb/server/test/unittest_hook.py	Wed Mar 13 14:03:45 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/test/unittest_hook.py	Fri Mar 15 15:51:27 2019 +0100
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 
 class OperationsTC(CubicWebTC):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        CubicWebTC.setUp(self)
-        self.hm = self.repo.hm
-
     def test_late_operation(self):
         with self.admin_access.repo_cnx() as cnx:
             l1 = hook.LateOperation(cnx)