diff --git a/private/testing/Get-TestConfig.ps1 b/private/testing/Get-TestConfig.ps1
index 9c1068379f..fac47987e0 100644
--- a/private/testing/Get-TestConfig.ps1
+++ b/private/testing/Get-TestConfig.ps1
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ function Get-TestConfig {
         $config['CommandName'] = "Unknown"
     }
 
-    $config['CommonParameters'] = [System.Management.Automation.PSCmdlet]::CommonParameters
+    # sometimes the enumeration doesn't work, so we'll just hardcode it
+    $config['CommonParameters'] = "Verbose", "Debug", "ErrorAction", "WarningAction", "InformationAction", "ProgressAction", "ErrorVariable", "WarningVariable", "OutVariable", "OutBuffer", "PipelineVariable", "InformationVariable"
 
     [pscustomobject]$config
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Get-DbaConnectedInstance.Tests.ps1 b/tests/Get-DbaConnectedInstance.Tests.ps1
index cf148499c6..e842324d1d 100644
--- a/tests/Get-DbaConnectedInstance.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/Get-DbaConnectedInstance.Tests.ps1
@@ -4,23 +4,7 @@ param(
     $PSDefaultParameterValues = ($TestConfig = Get-TestConfig).Defaults
 )
 
-Describe "Get-DbaConnectedInstance" -Tag "UnitTests" {
-    BeforeAll {
-        $command = Get-Command Get-DbaConnectedInstance
-        $expected = $TestConfig.CommonParameters
-    }
-
-    Context "Parameter validation" {
-        It "Has parameter: <_>" -ForEach $expected {
-            $command | Should -HaveParameter $PSItem
-        }
-
-        It "Should have exactly the number of expected parameters ($($expected.Count))" {
-            $hasparms = $command.Parameters.Values.Name
-            Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $expected -DifferenceObject $hasparms | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
-        }
-    }
-}
+# no params to test
 
 Describe "Get-DbaConnectedInstance" -Tag "IntegrationTests" {
     BeforeAll {