diff --git a/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java b/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
index 9c053a2eb8..3b1116c467 100644
--- a/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
+++ b/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
@@ -209,7 +208,8 @@ protected List<DerivedEvent> getDerivedEvents(String dg_name) throws SQLExceptio
       var res = statement.executeQuery(
           // language=sql
           """
-          SELECT * FROM merlin.derived_events %s;
+          SELECT * FROM merlin.derived_events
+            WHERE derivation_group_name = '%s';
           """.formatted(dg_name)
       );
       while (res.next()) {
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ protected List<DerivedEvent> getDerivedEvents(String dg_name) throws SQLExceptio
    * Repeated function that uploads a source and various events, as well as related types.
    * Used in:
    *  - ExternalEventTests.java:
-   *    + final duplication tests (duplicateSource, duplicatedDG)
+   *    + duplicateSource
    *    + superDerivedEvents
+   *    + associateDerivationGroupWithBasePlan
    *
    * Data here is based on the SSMO-MPS/mission-data-sandbox/derivation_test examples.
    *
@@ -1646,7 +1647,7 @@ void superDerivedEvents() throws SQLException {
         assertTrue(results.containsAll(expectedResults));
 
         // verify for a given DERIVATION_GROUP expected keys are correct, no overlap inside DERIVATION_GROUP
-        results = getDerivedEvents("WHERE derivation_group_name = '%s' ORDER BY start_time;".formatted(dg2));
+        results = getDerivedEvents(dg2);
 
         expectedResults = List.of(
             new DerivedEvent(