diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4e13b9382771a2da57007ebe4170d098e99a72cb..2a957e00045db348a3fa767164781dd4815c6f38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Pytest
         env:
           PINECONE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PINECONE_API_KEY }}
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
         run: |
           make test
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index 7607d37c5d026ad7bcf05c50cd16fb6fa3f3bb40..284bde0b422905af4711eb386f5a03e1f56ae78d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_layer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
@@ -288,9 +288,6 @@ class TestRouteLayer:
         except ValueError:
             assert True
 
-        # delete index
-        pineconeindex.delete_index()
-
         assert query_result in ["Route 1"]
 
     def test_namespace_pinecone_index(self, openai_encoder, routes, index_cls):
@@ -307,9 +304,6 @@ class TestRouteLayer:
         except ValueError:
             assert True
 
-        # delete index
-        pineconeindex.delete_index()
-
         assert query_result in ["Route 1"]
 
     def test_query_with_no_index(self, openai_encoder, index_cls):