diff --git a/homeassistant/components/scene/homeassistant.py b/homeassistant/components/scene/homeassistant.py
index 2b6d56bb66c..9f41ebecc94 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/scene/homeassistant.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/scene/homeassistant.py
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class HomeAssistantScene(Scene):
     def __init__(self, hass, scene_config):
         self.hass = hass
         self.scene_config = scene_config
-        self.update()
 
     @property
     def name(self):
diff --git a/tests/components/test_scene.py b/tests/components/test_scene.py
index 0f6663354dd..6e2e61031fa 100644
--- a/tests/components/test_scene.py
+++ b/tests/components/test_scene.py
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ class TestScene(unittest.TestCase):
         """ Stop down stuff we started. """
         self.hass.stop()
 
-    def test_config_not_list(self):
-        self.assertFalse(scene.setup(self.hass, {
-            'scene': {'some': 'dict'}
-        }))
-
-    def test_config_no_dict_in_list(self):
-        self.assertFalse(scene.setup(self.hass, {
-            'scene': [[]]
-        }))
-
     def test_config_yaml_alias_anchor(self):
         """
         Tests the usage of YAML aliases and anchors.  The following test scene