diff --git a/internal/api/client/statuses/status_test.go b/internal/api/client/statuses/status_test.go
index 6d0710ef0..a979f0c00 100644
--- a/internal/api/client/statuses/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/client/statuses/status_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ func (suite *StatusStandardTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 
 func (suite *StatusStandardTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.state.Caches.Init()
-	testrig.StartNoopWorkers(&suite.state)
 
 	testrig.InitTestConfig()
 	testrig.InitTestLog()
@@ -98,6 +97,8 @@ func (suite *StatusStandardTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.emailSender = testrig.NewEmailSender("../../../../web/template/", nil)
 	suite.processor = testrig.NewTestProcessor(&suite.state, suite.federator, suite.emailSender, suite.mediaManager)
 	suite.statusModule = statuses.New(suite.processor)
+
+	testrig.StartWorkers(&suite.state, suite.processor.Workers())
 }
 
 func (suite *StatusStandardTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
diff --git a/internal/api/client/statuses/statusdelete_test.go b/internal/api/client/statuses/statusdelete_test.go
index f94a0bb08..6f62ef45f 100644
--- a/internal/api/client/statuses/statusdelete_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/client/statuses/statusdelete_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (suite *StatusDeleteTestSuite) TestPostDelete() {
 
 	result := recorder.Result()
 	defer result.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(result.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(result.Body)
 	suite.NoError(err)
 
 	statusReply := &apimodel.Status{}
diff --git a/internal/processing/processor_test.go b/internal/processing/processor_test.go
index 8a381c502..767e8b5ef 100644
--- a/internal/processing/processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/processing/processor_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ func (suite *ProcessingStandardTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 
 func (suite *ProcessingStandardTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.state.Caches.Init()
-	testrig.StartNoopWorkers(&suite.state)
 
 	testrig.InitTestConfig()
 	testrig.InitTestLog()
@@ -124,6 +123,7 @@ func (suite *ProcessingStandardTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.emailSender = testrig.NewEmailSender("../../web/template/", nil)
 
 	suite.processor = processing.NewProcessor(cleaner.New(&suite.state), suite.typeconverter, suite.federator, suite.oauthServer, suite.mediaManager, &suite.state, suite.emailSender)
+	testrig.StartWorkers(&suite.state, suite.processor.Workers())
 
 	testrig.StandardDBSetup(suite.db, suite.testAccounts)
 	testrig.StandardStorageSetup(suite.storage, "../../testrig/media")