diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c b/tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c
index 20783f17..169c845b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ test_ai_parse_models_openai_format(void** state)
     models = g_list_next(models);
     assert_string_equal("google/gemini-3-flash-preview", models->data);
 
-    ai_provider_unref(provider);
     ai_client_shutdown();
 }
 
@@ -777,7 +776,6 @@ test_ai_parse_models_perplexity_format(void** state)
     models = g_list_last(models);
     assert_string_equal("xai/grok-4.3", models->data);
 
-    ai_provider_unref(provider);
     ai_client_shutdown();
 }
 
@@ -802,7 +800,6 @@ test_ai_parse_models_array_format(void** state)
     models = g_list_next(models);
     assert_string_equal("model3", models->data);
 
-    ai_provider_unref(provider);
     ai_client_shutdown();
 }