diff --git a/kallithea/tests/__init__.py b/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'TEST_USER_REGULAR2_PASS', 'TEST_USER_REGULAR2_EMAIL', 'TEST_HG_REPO',
     'TEST_HG_REPO_CLONE', 'TEST_HG_REPO_PULL', 'TEST_GIT_REPO',
     'TEST_GIT_REPO_CLONE', 'TEST_GIT_REPO_PULL', 'HG_REMOTE_REPO',
-    'GIT_REMOTE_REPO', 'SCM_TESTS',
+    'GIT_REMOTE_REPO', 'SCM_TESTS', 'remove_all_notifications',
 ]
 
 # Invoke websetup with the current config file
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ def init_stack(config=None):
     h = NullHandler()
     logging.getLogger("kallithea").addHandler(h)
 
+def remove_all_notifications():
+    Notification.query().delete()
+
+    # Because query().delete() does not (by default) trigger cascades.
+    # http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/rel_0_7/orm/collections.html#passive-deletes
+    UserNotification.query().delete()
+
+    Session().commit()
 
 class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -167,14 +175,7 @@ class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         init_stack(self.wsgiapp.config)
         unittest.TestCase.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def remove_all_notifications(self):
-        Notification.query().delete()
 
-        # Because query().delete() does not (by default) trigger cascades.
-        # http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/rel_0_7/orm/collections.html#passive-deletes
-        UserNotification.query().delete()
-
-        Session().commit()
 
 
 class TestController(BaseTestCase):
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_notifications.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_notifications.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_notifications.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_notifications.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from kallithea.lib import helpers as h
 
 class TestNotificationsController(TestController):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.remove_all_notifications()
+        remove_all_notifications()
 
     def test_index(self):
         self.log_user()
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_changeset_comments.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_changeset_comments.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_changeset_comments.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_changeset_comments.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestChangeSetCommentsController(Te
             Session().delete(x)
         Session().commit()
 
-        self.remove_all_notifications()
+        remove_all_notifications()
 
     def test_create(self):
         self.log_user()
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_login.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_login.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_login.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_login.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fixture = Fixture()
 
 class TestLoginController(TestController):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.remove_all_notifications()
+        remove_all_notifications()
         self.assertEqual(Notification.query().all(), [])
 
     def test_index(self):
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/models/test_notifications.py b/kallithea/tests/models/test_notifications.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/models/test_notifications.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/models/test_notifications.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TestNotifications(BaseTestCase):
         super(TestNotifications, self).__init__(methodName=methodName)
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.remove_all_notifications()
+        remove_all_notifications()
         self.assertEqual([], Notification.query().all())
         self.assertEqual([], UserNotification.query().all())