diff --git a/tests/autocomplete/test_base.py b/tests/autocomplete/test_base.py
index 1d74c90f74282031af16a6185392265111161a2a..258ee6c2b70e5ab70286d24f00c55a4ce5186d71 100644
--- a/tests/autocomplete/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/autocomplete/test_base.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class TestAutocompleter(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.config = self.make_config()
+        self.app = self.config.get_app()
 
     def make_config(self):
         return make_config([], extend=False)
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class TestAutocompleter(TestCase):
 
     def test_get_model_class(self):
         try:
-            model = self.config.get_model()
+            model = self.app.model
         except ImportError:
             pytest.skip("test is not relevant without sqlalchemy")
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class TestAutocompleter(TestCase):
             pytest.skip("test is not relevant without sqlalchemy")
 
         engine = sa.create_engine('sqlite://')
-        model = self.config.get_model()
+        model = self.app.model
         model.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
         session = Session(bind=engine)
 
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ class TestPhoneMagicMixin(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.config = self.make_config()
+        self.app = self.config.get_app()
 
     def make_config(self):
         return make_config([], extend=False)
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class TestPhoneMagicMixin(TestCase):
             pytest.skip("test is not relevant without sqlalchemy")
 
         engine = sa.create_engine('sqlite://')
-        model = self.config.get_model()
+        model = self.app.model
         model.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
         session = Session(bind=engine)