diff --git a/agent/runner/actions/mysql_explain_action_test.go b/agent/runner/actions/mysql_explain_action_test.go
index eab58cece9..20f56ca82e 100644
--- a/agent/runner/actions/mysql_explain_action_test.go
+++ b/agent/runner/actions/mysql_explain_action_test.go
@@ -174,14 +174,8 @@ func TestMySQLExplain(t *testing.T) {
 			OutputFormat: agentpb.MysqlExplainOutputFormat_MYSQL_EXPLAIN_OUTPUT_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
 		}
 		a, err := NewMySQLExplainAction("", time.Second, params)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), a.Timeout())
-		defer cancel()
-
-		_, err = a.Run(ctx)
-		require.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Regexp(t, `Query to EXPLAIN is empty`, err.Error())
+		assert.Nil(t, a)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("DML Query Insert", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -216,13 +210,8 @@ func TestMySQLExplain(t *testing.T) {
 			OutputFormat: agentpb.MysqlExplainOutputFormat_MYSQL_EXPLAIN_OUTPUT_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
 		}
 		a, err := NewMySQLExplainAction("", time.Second, params)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), a.Timeout())
-		defer cancel()
-
-		_, err = a.Run(ctx)
-		require.Error(t, err, "EXPLAIN failed because the query was too long and trimmed. Set max-query-length to a larger value.")
+		assert.Error(t, err, "EXPLAIN failed because the query was too long and trimmed. Set max-query-length to a larger value.")
+		assert.Nil(t, a)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("LittleBobbyTables", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/agent/runner/actions/postgresql_query_select_action_test.go b/agent/runner/actions/postgresql_query_select_action_test.go
index 4928677bef..c62f559c82 100644
--- a/agent/runner/actions/postgresql_query_select_action_test.go
+++ b/agent/runner/actions/postgresql_query_select_action_test.go
@@ -103,18 +103,7 @@ func TestPostgreSQLQuerySelect(t *testing.T) {
 			Query: "* FROM city; DROP TABLE city CASCADE; --",
 		}
 		a, err := NewPostgreSQLQuerySelectAction("", 0, params, os.TempDir())
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-		defer cancel()
-
-		b, err := a.Run(ctx)
 		assert.EqualError(t, err, "query contains ';'")
-		assert.Nil(t, b)
-
-		var count int
-		err = db.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM city").Scan(&count)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, 4079, count)
+		assert.Nil(t, a)
 	})
 }