diff --git a/spec/requests/api/builds_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/builds_spec.rb
index 669fb1663e5583236263582b7eb259d3033d5338..351eb6caf982f901b08afba59b213dd3b6f83f0d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/builds_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/builds_spec.rb
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@ describe API::API, api: true do
     let(:build) { create(:ci_build, :trace, pipeline: pipeline) }
 
     before do
-      developer
-
       get api("/projects/#{project.id}/builds/#{build.id}/trace", api_user)
     end