diff --git a/tests/template_tests/syntax_tests/test_static.py b/tests/template_tests/syntax_tests/test_static.py
index 0cbe23a65a..d5ca9ecf60 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/syntax_tests/test_static.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/syntax_tests/test_static.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 from ..utils import setup
 
 
-@override_settings(MEDIA_URL="/media/", STATIC_URL="/static/")
+@override_settings(INSTALLED_APPS=[], MEDIA_URL='/media/', STATIC_URL='/static/')
 class StaticTagTests(SimpleTestCase):
     libraries = {'static': 'django.templatetags.static'}