diff --git a/server/core/management/commands/dummy_data.py b/server/core/management/commands/dummy_data.py
index 406bff16..054be0bb 100644
--- a/server/core/management/commands/dummy_data.py
+++ b/server/core/management/commands/dummy_data.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     for objective_group_idx, objective_group_entry in enumerate(objective_group_data):
                         factory_params = self.filter_data(objective_group_entry, 'objectives')
                         objective_group = ObjectiveGroupFactory.create(module=module,
-                                                                       owner=None,
+                                                                       
                                                                        **factory_params)
 
                         default_objectives = [{} for i in range(0, 4)]
diff --git a/server/objectives/factories.py b/server/objectives/factories.py
index b70f77d8..2b8afa5d 100644
--- a/server/objectives/factories.py
+++ b/server/objectives/factories.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class ObjectiveGroupFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     title = factory.Iterator([ObjectiveGroup.LANGUAGE_COMMUNICATION, ObjectiveGroup.SOCIETY])
 
     module = factory.SubFactory(ModuleFactory)
-    owner = factory.Iterator(get_user_model().objects.all())
 
 
 class ObjectiveFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
diff --git a/server/objectives/tests/test_objective_order.py b/server/objectives/tests/test_objective_order.py
index 868cce5e..f17dfcde 100644
--- a/server/objectives/tests/test_objective_order.py
+++ b/server/objectives/tests/test_objective_order.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ObjectiveOrderTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.user = user = User.objects.get(username='teacher')
 
-        self.objective_group = ObjectiveGroupFactory(owner=None)
+        self.objective_group = ObjectiveGroupFactory()
 
 
         request = RequestFactory().get('/')
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ class ObjectiveOrderTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.client = Client(schema=schema, context_value=request)
 
-        Objective.objects.create(owner=None, text='first', group=self.objective_group, order=0)
-        Objective.objects.create(owner=None, text='second', group=self.objective_group, order=1)
-        Objective.objects.create(owner=None, text='third', group=self.objective_group)
-        Objective.objects.create(owner=user, text='fourth', group=self.objective_group)
+        Objective.objects.create(text='first', group=self.objective_group, order=0)
+        Objective.objects.create(text='second', group=self.objective_group, order=1)
+        Objective.objects.create(text='third', group=self.objective_group)
+        Objective.objects.create(text='fourth', group=self.objective_group)
 
     def test_objective_order(self):
         query = """