diff --git a/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go b/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
index 6c1bbd82b3b2..fdb230f2d826 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ func TestWatchNewFile(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWatchNoDir(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	// Create ks but not the directory that it watches.
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	dir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("eth-keystore-watchnodir-test-%d-%d", os.Getpid(), rand.Int()))
 	ks := NewKeyStore(dir, LightScryptN, LightScryptP)
 	list := ks.Accounts()
@@ -322,7 +321,6 @@ func TestUpdatedKeyfileContents(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Create a temporary keystore to test with
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	dir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("eth-keystore-updatedkeyfilecontents-test-%d-%d", os.Getpid(), rand.Int()))
 	ks := NewKeyStore(dir, LightScryptN, LightScryptP)