diff --git a/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py b/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
index 5a9a10e31..33f58db97 100644
--- a/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
+++ b/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ NOMCOM_PUBLIC_KEYS_DIR=os.path.abspath("tmp-nomcom-public-keys-dir")
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), 'test/media/') # pyflakes:ignore
 MEDIA_URL = '/test/media/'
 PHOTOS_DIR = MEDIA_ROOT + PHOTOS_DIRNAME                            # pyflakes:ignore
+
+# Undo any developer-dependent middleware when running the tests
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [ c for c in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES if not c in DEV_MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES ] # pyflakes:ignore
+
+TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'] = [ p for p in TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'] if not p in DEV_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS ] # pyflakes:ignore
diff --git a/ietf/utils/test_runner.py b/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
index 1c3420c97..4f315bf05 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/test_runner.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class IetfTestRunner(DiscoverRunner):
 
             settings.TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['loaders'] = ('ietf.utils.test_runner.TemplateCoverageLoader',) + settings.TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['loaders']
 
-            settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ('ietf.utils.test_runner.RecordUrlsMiddleware',) + settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
+            settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ('ietf.utils.test_runner.RecordUrlsMiddleware',) + tuple(settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES)
             url_coverage_collection = True
 
             self.code_coverage_checker = settings.TEST_CODE_COVERAGE_CHECKER