diff --git a/tests/expressions/models.py b/tests/expressions/models.py
index e853ac5c64..8bae2165b2 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/models.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/models.py
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ class JSONFieldModel(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         required_db_features = {"supports_json_field"}
 
+
 class NamedCategory(models.Model):
     id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.name
\ No newline at end of file
+        return self.name
diff --git a/tests/expressions/tests.py b/tests/expressions/tests.py
index b5eea72b33..4e42b229d2 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/tests.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from copy import deepcopy
 from decimal import Decimal
 from unittest import mock
-from .models import NamedCategory
 
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.db import DatabaseError, NotSupportedError, connection
@@ -82,6 +81,7 @@ from .models import (
     Employee,
     Experiment,
     Manager,
+    NamedCategory,
     Number,
     RemoteEmployee,
     Result,
@@ -2852,38 +2852,6 @@ class OrderByTests(SimpleTestCase):
             F("field").desc(nulls_last=False)
 
 
-class OuterRefOrderByTestCase(TestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpTestData(cls):
-        cls.ceo = Employee.objects.create(
-            firstname="John", lastname="Doe", salary=100000
-        )
-        cls.gmbh = Company.objects.create(
-            name="GmbH",
-            num_employees=50,
-            ceo=cls.ceo,
-            point_of_contact=cls.ceo,
-            based_in_eu=True,
-        )
-        cls.foobar_ltd = Company.objects.create(
-            name="Foobar Ltd",
-            num_employees=100,
-            ceo=cls.ceo,
-            point_of_contact=cls.ceo,
-            based_in_eu=False,
-        )
-
-    def test_order_by_with_outerref(self):
-        inner = Company.objects.filter(
-            num_employees__lt=OuterRef("num_employees")
-        ).order_by("num_employees")
-
-        qs = Company.objects.annotate(next_bigger=Subquery(inner.values("pk")[:1]))
-        foobar_ltd = qs.get(pk=self.foobar_ltd.pk)
-
-        self.assertIsNotNone(foobar_ltd.next_bigger)
-        self.assertEqual(foobar_ltd.next_bigger, self.gmbh.pk)
-
 class SubqueryTests(TestCase):
     def test_outer_ref_order_by(self):
         NamedCategory.objects.create(id=1, name="first")
@@ -2893,14 +2861,15 @@ class SubqueryTests(TestCase):
         outer_query = NamedCategory.objects.all()
 
         subquery = (
-            NamedCategory.objects.filter(id=OuterRef("id"))
-            .order_by("name")
+            NamedCategory.objects.filter(pk=OuterRef("pk"))
+            .order_by("pk")
             .values("name")
         )
 
         values = outer_query.annotate(sorted_name=Subquery(subquery)).order_by(
             "sorted_name"
         )
+
         sorted_names = list(values.values_list("sorted_name", flat=True))
 
         self.assertListEqual(sorted_names, ["first", "fourth", "second", "third"])