diff --git a/mayan/settings/testing/base.py b/mayan/settings/testing/base.py
index 54e96fb193..d576514d98 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/testing/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/testing/base.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ COMMON_PRODUCTION_ERROR_LOG_PATH = '/tmp/mayan-errors.log'
 
 DOCUMENT_PARSING_AUTO_PARSING = False
 
+FILE_METADATA_AUTO_PROCESS = False
+
 INSTALLED_APPS += ('test_without_migrations',)
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [