diff --git a/packages/snjs/mocha/lib/VaultsContext.js b/packages/snjs/mocha/lib/VaultsContext.js
index 17315d10d..0542a7f10 100644
--- a/packages/snjs/mocha/lib/VaultsContext.js
+++ b/packages/snjs/mocha/lib/VaultsContext.js
@@ -65,15 +65,10 @@ export class VaultsContext extends AppContext {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Run a request to keep refresh token from expiring due to long bouts of inactivity for contact context
+   * Keep refresh token from expiring due to long bouts of inactivity for contact context
    * while main context changes password. Tests have a refresh token age of 10s typically, and changing password
    * on CI environment may be time consuming.
    */
-  async runAnyRequestToPreventRefreshTokenFromExpiring() {
-    await this.asymmetric.getInboundMessages()
-  }
-
-  /** Used for long running tests to avoid 498 responses */
   async forceRefreshSession() {
     await this.application.http.refreshSession()
   }
diff --git a/packages/snjs/mocha/vaults/keypair-change.test.js b/packages/snjs/mocha/vaults/keypair-change.test.js
index 22249fa9f..323e17160 100644
--- a/packages/snjs/mocha/vaults/keypair-change.test.js
+++ b/packages/snjs/mocha/vaults/keypair-change.test.js
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ describe('keypair change', function () {
     publicKeyChain.push(context.publicKey)
     signingPublicKeyChain.push(context.signingPublicKey)
 
-    await contactContext.runAnyRequestToPreventRefreshTokenFromExpiring()
+    await contactContext.forceRefreshSession()
 
     await context.changePassword('new_password-2')
     publicKeyChain.push(context.publicKey)
     signingPublicKeyChain.push(context.signingPublicKey)
 
-    await contactContext.runAnyRequestToPreventRefreshTokenFromExpiring()
+    await contactContext.forceRefreshSession()
 
     await context.changePassword('new_password-3')
     publicKeyChain.push(context.publicKey)
     signingPublicKeyChain.push(context.signingPublicKey)
 
-    await contactContext.runAnyRequestToPreventRefreshTokenFromExpiring()
+    await contactContext.forceRefreshSession()
 
     await context.changeNoteTitleAndSync(note, 'new title')
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('keypair change', function () {
     expect(receivedNote.signatureData.result.passes).to.be.true
 
     await deinitContactContext()
-  }).timeout(Factory.ThirtySecondTimeout)
+  }).timeout(Factory.SixtySecondTimeout)
 
   it('should not trust messages sent with previous key pair', async () => {
     const { sharedVault, contactContext, deinitContactContext } =