diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_suite.c b/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_suite.c
index 55f4123289..0d3300c560 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_suite.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_suite.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	  return 0;
        }
 
+   evas_init();
    s = evas_suite_build(argc - 1, (const char **)argv + 1);
    sr = srunner_create(s);
 
@@ -100,5 +101,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    failed_count = srunner_ntests_failed(sr);
    srunner_free(sr);
 
+   evas_shutdown();
    return (failed_count == 0) ? 0 : 255;
 }
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_test_init.c b/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_test_init.c
index f4271ecbc3..7637d9cb2a 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_test_init.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/tests/evas_test_init.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 START_TEST(evas_simple)
 {
-   fail_if(evas_init() != 1); /* one init by test suite */
-   fail_if(evas_shutdown() != 0);
 }
 END_TEST