diff --git a/tests/_base.py b/tests/_base.py
index dc95d1ff..c14bbb3a 100644
--- a/tests/_base.py
+++ b/tests/_base.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def setUp(self):
             'OAUTH1_PROVIDER_ENFORCE_SSL': False,
             'OAUTH1_PROVIDER_KEY_LENGTH': (3, 30),
             'OAUTH1_PROVIDER_REALMS': ['email', 'address'],
-            'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI': 'sqlite:///%s' % self.db_file
+            'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI': 'sqlite:///%s' % self.db_file,
+            'SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS': False
         }
         app.config.update(config)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_oauth2/base.py b/tests/test_oauth2/base.py
index bb8a3f82..2fee2d22 100644
--- a/tests/test_oauth2/base.py
+++ b/tests/test_oauth2/base.py
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ def create_app(self):
         app.debug = True
         app.secret_key = 'testing'
         app.config.update({
-            'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI': 'sqlite://'
+            'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI': 'sqlite://',
+            'SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS': False
         })
         return app