diff --git a/lib/tasks_private/spec_helper.rake b/lib/tasks_private/spec_helper.rake
index e2f54023..48f1fbbd 100644
--- a/lib/tasks_private/spec_helper.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks_private/spec_helper.rake
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ class PopulateTower
     data = {"name" => 'hello_repo', "scm_url" => "https://github.com/jameswnl/ansible-examples", "scm_type" => "git", "credential" => scm_credential['id'], "organization" => organization['id']}
     project = create_obj(uri, data)
 
-    # create another project
-    uri = '/api/v1/projects/'
-    data = {"name" => 'another_repo', "scm_url" => "https://github.com/jameswnl/ansible-examples", "scm_type" => "git", "credential" => scm_credential['id'], "organization" => organization['id']}
-    create_obj(uri, data)
-
     # create a job_template
     uri = '/api/v1/job_templates/'
     data = {"name" => 'hello_template', "description" => "test job", "job_type" => "run", "project" => project['id'], "playbook" => "hello_world.yml", "credential" => machine_credential['id'], "cloud_credential" => aws_credential['id'], "network_credential" => network_credential['id'], "inventory" => inventory['id'], "organization" => organization['id']}
@@ -198,6 +193,15 @@ class PopulateTower
     data = {"name" => "Simple Survey", "description" => "Description of the simple survey", "spec" => [{"type" => "text", "question_name" => "example question", "question_description" => "What is your favorite color?", "variable" => "favorite_color", "required" => false, "default" => "blue"}]}
     @conn.post(uri, data).body
     puts "created #{template['url']} survey_spec"
+
+    # create another project
+    uri = '/api/v1/projects/'
+    data = {"name" => 'another_repo', "scm_url" => "https://github.com/jameswnl/ansible-examples", "scm_type" => "git", "credential" => scm_credential['id'], "organization" => organization['id']}
+    another_project = create_obj(uri, data)
+
+    uri = JSON.parse(@conn.get(another_project['url'], data).body)['related']['last_update']
+    @conn.delete(uri)
+
     self
   end