diff --git a/tests/backends/ott/test_backend.py b/tests/backends/ott/test_backend.py
index 72f6455a..9bdc7f4e 100644
--- a/tests/backends/ott/test_backend.py
+++ b/tests/backends/ott/test_backend.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from moscot.base.output import BaseDiscreteSolverOutput
 from moscot.base.solver import O, OTSolver
 from moscot.utils.tagged_array import Tag, TaggedArray
-from tests._utils import ATOL, RTOL, Geom_t, create_lr_initializer
+from tests._utils import ATOL, RTOL, Geom_t
 from tests.plotting.conftest import PlotTester, PlotTesterMeta
 
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def test_matches_ott(self, x: Geom_t, eps: Optional[float], jit: bool):
     def test_solver_rank(self, y: Geom_t, rank: Optional[int], initializer: str):
         eps = 1e-2
         default_gamma_lr_sinhorn = 500
-        initializer = create_lr_initializer(initializer, rank=rank)
         lr_sinkhorn = LRSinkhorn(rank=rank, initializer=initializer, gamma=default_gamma_lr_sinhorn)
         problem = LinearProblem(PointCloud(y, epsilon=eps))
         gt = lr_sinkhorn(problem)
diff --git a/tests/problems/space/test_alignment_problem.py b/tests/problems/space/test_alignment_problem.py
index 7b720b43..31e3de91 100644
--- a/tests/problems/space/test_alignment_problem.py
+++ b/tests/problems/space/test_alignment_problem.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from moscot.backends.ott._utils import alpha_to_fused_penalty
 from moscot.problems.space import AlignmentProblem
 from moscot.utils.tagged_array import Tag, TaggedArray
-from tests._utils import create_lr_initializer
 from tests.problems.conftest import (
     fgw_args_1,
     fgw_args_2,
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ def test_solve_balanced(
         should_raise: bool,
     ):
         kwargs = {}
-        initializer = create_lr_initializer(initializer, rank=rank) if initializer is not None else None
         if rank > -1:
             kwargs["initializer"] = initializer
             if initializer == "random":
diff --git a/tests/problems/space/test_mapping_problem.py b/tests/problems/space/test_mapping_problem.py
index d01e9726..b0645e28 100644
--- a/tests/problems/space/test_mapping_problem.py
+++ b/tests/problems/space/test_mapping_problem.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from moscot.backends.ott._utils import alpha_to_fused_penalty
 from moscot.problems.space import MappingProblem
 from moscot.utils.tagged_array import Tag, TaggedArray
-from tests._utils import _adata_spatial_split, create_lr_initializer
+from tests._utils import _adata_spatial_split
 from tests.problems.conftest import (
     fgw_args_1,
     fgw_args_2,
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ def test_solve_balanced(
     ):
         adataref, adatasp = _adata_spatial_split(adata_mapping)
         kwargs = {}
-        initializer = create_lr_initializer(initializer, rank) if initializer is not None else None
         if rank > -1:
             kwargs["initializer"] = initializer
             if initializer == "random":