diff --git a/cypress/e2e/marc/marc-bibliographic/edit-marc-bib/manual-linking/user-can't-link-bibField100-with-wrong-record.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/marc/marc-bibliographic/edit-marc-bib/manual-linking/user-can't-link-bibField100-with-wrong-record.cy.js
index 137f0c0e28..3548432846 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/marc/marc-bibliographic/edit-marc-bib/manual-linking/user-can't-link-bibField100-with-wrong-record.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/marc/marc-bibliographic/edit-marc-bib/manual-linking/user-can't-link-bibField100-with-wrong-record.cy.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ describe('MARC', () => {
           cy.getAdminToken();
           // make sure there are no duplicate records in the system
           MarcAuthorities.deleteMarcAuthorityByTitleViaAPI('C380449*');
-          MarcAuthorities.deleteMarcAuthorityByTitleViaAPI('C440114*');
 
           cy.createTempUser([
             Permissions.inventoryAll.gui,
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/marc/plug-in-marc-authority/plug-in-marc-authority-search/plug-in-search-marcAuth-by-lccn-using-query-without-spaces.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/marc/plug-in-marc-authority/plug-in-marc-authority-search/plug-in-search-marcAuth-by-lccn-using-query-without-spaces.cy.js
index 596541f53a..08ffeab2f0 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/marc/plug-in-marc-authority/plug-in-marc-authority-search/plug-in-search-marcAuth-by-lccn-using-query-without-spaces.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/marc/plug-in-marc-authority/plug-in-marc-authority-search/plug-in-search-marcAuth-by-lccn-using-query-without-spaces.cy.js
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ describe('MARC', () => {
       const createdAuthorityIDs = [];
 
       before('Creating user', () => {
+        cy.getAdminToken();
+          // make sure there are no duplicate records in the system
+          MarcAuthorities.deleteMarcAuthorityByTitleViaAPI('C440114*');
+
         cy.createTempUser([
           Permissions.inventoryAll.gui,
           Permissions.uiMarcAuthoritiesAuthorityRecordView.gui,