diff --git a/appengine/storage/flexible/system-test/app.test.js b/appengine/storage/flexible/system-test/app.test.js
index ef8b88919a..1a446e8e63 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/flexible/system-test/app.test.js
+++ b/appengine/storage/flexible/system-test/app.test.js
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ const requestObj = supertest(proxyquire(path.join(cwd, 'app'), {process}));
 
 before(async () => {
   try {
-    await bucket.create(bucket).then(() => {
-      return bucket.acl.add({
-        entity: 'allUsers',
-        role: Storage.acl.READER_ROLE,
-      });
-    });
+    await bucket.create();
   } catch (err) {
     if (
       !err.message.match(
diff --git a/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/system-test/app.test.js b/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/system-test/app.test.js
index 6145f170ee..bf7f573d01 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/system-test/app.test.js
+++ b/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/system-test/app.test.js
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ const requestObj = supertest(proxyquire(path.join(cwd, 'app'), {process}));
 
 before(async () => {
   try {
-    await bucket.create(bucket).then(() => {
-      return bucket.acl.add({
-        entity: 'allUsers',
-        role: Storage.acl.READER_ROLE,
-      });
-    });
+    await bucket.create();
   } catch (err) {
     if (
       !err.message.match(
diff --git a/appengine/storage/standard/system-test/app.test.js b/appengine/storage/standard/system-test/app.test.js
index 2a23cdf762..1e8cece4af 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/standard/system-test/app.test.js
+++ b/appengine/storage/standard/system-test/app.test.js
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ const requestObj = supertest(proxyquire(path.join(cwd, 'app'), {process}));
 
 before(async () => {
   try {
-    await bucket.create(bucket).then(() => {
-      return bucket.acl.add({
-        entity: 'allUsers',
-        role: Storage.acl.READER_ROLE,
-      });
-    });
+    await bucket.create();
   } catch (err) {
     if (
       !err.message.match(