diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6e32483f6bbd1a597faa758845e8fabdf5f7f7c..9dcbdd9badcddab3dab277de3f54f42ed15b0017 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ This package exports the following functions:
 This function
  - creates the database
  - adds an admin user
- - adds a collection if specified
  - generates a secret in `config/local-<NODE_ENV>.json` under `pubsweet-server.secret`. 
 
 It can be called without arguments, in which case it will take its configuration from the following config keys:
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ It can be called without arguments, in which case it will take its configuration
     password: 'pppppp',
     email: 'email@example.com',
     clobber: false // overwrite existing db (optional)
-    collection: 'collection_title' // (optional)
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/test/add-user/index.test.js b/test/add-user/index.test.js
index 76978cdf03efdc9046a71359f49dd9b07cf113a1..58ebd67bc561a34757cfca29f5dcd074dc2d1451 100644
--- a/test/add-user/index.test.js
+++ b/test/add-user/index.test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const baseConfig = {
     username: 'testUsername',
     email: 'test@example.com',
     password: 'test_password',
-    collection: 'test_collection',
   },
 }