diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/AppsTest.php b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/AppsTest.php
index 2a269450cc..c68259d175 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/AppsTest.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/AppsTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class Test_Provisioning_Api_Apps extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	private $users = array();
 
+	function setUp() {
+		OC_Group::createGroup('admin');
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Generates a temp user
 	 * @param $num int number of users to generate
@@ -98,4 +101,8 @@ class Test_Provisioning_Api_Apps extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	}
 
+	function tearDown() {
+		OC_Group::deleteGroup('admin');
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/groupsTest.php b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/groupsTest.php
index fb1fe96e9c..280e4792ff 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/groupsTest.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/groupsTest.php
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class Test_Provisioning_Api_Groups extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		foreach($this->users as $user) {
 			\OC_User::deleteUser($user);
 		}
+		OC_Group::deleteGroup('admin');
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/usersTest.php b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/usersTest.php
index 34df2769b2..381baa633e 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/usersTest.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/usersTest.php
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ class Test_Provisioning_Api_Users extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		foreach($this->users as $user) {
 			\OC_User::deleteUser($user);
 		}
+		OC_Group::deleteGroup('admin');
 	}
 
 }