diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/models.py
index 7cf725991a..9f91802ec7 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,5 @@ from django.db import models
 class Simple(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
 
-__test__ = {'API_TESTS':""}
-
 # NOTE: The format of the included SQL file for this test suite is important.
 # It must end with a trailing newline in order to test the fix for #2161.
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b3ca91f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/initial_sql_regress/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from models import Simple
+
+
+class InitialSQLTests(TestCase):
+    def test_initial_sql(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Simple.objects.count(), 7)