diff --git a/test/integration/route-forwarding.test.ts b/test/integration/route-forwarding.test.ts
index 5100447..8371395 100644
--- a/test/integration/route-forwarding.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/route-forwarding.test.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ test("the mesh routes a public name through the proxy to the consumer, and withd
   for (const name of ["step-ca", "route-proxy", "hello-web"]) {
     await must(`printf %s ${quote(catalogueModule(name, held))} > /tmp/${name}.json && docker cp /tmp/${name}.json mesh-controller:/${name}.json`);
     await mesh(`module add /${name}.json`);
-    if (name === "step-ca") await mesh(`module issue ${name} --node ${MACHINE}`);
     await mesh(`assign ${MACHINE} ${name}`);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/whole-mesh-full.test.ts b/test/integration/whole-mesh-full.test.ts
index 5c9a0d8..48b008b 100644
--- a/test/integration/whole-mesh-full.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/whole-mesh-full.test.ts
@@ -800,9 +800,10 @@ test("the full mesh forms across the access point and both server sets converge"
     for (const { name } of mods) {
       try {
         const broker = await ensureAdded(name);
-        // Issued when the module holds a broker account or an own-secret the mesh mints for it
-        // (step-ca's password, ADR 0098); a requirement kept in the vault needs no issue.
-        if (broker || loadManifest(name).manifest.includes('"own-secrets"')) await mesh(`module issue ${name} --node ${node}`);
+        // Issued only when the module holds a broker account: an own secret the mesh mints
+        // (step-ca's password) is minted at resolve, and `module issue` refuses a module with no
+        // broker secret to deliver into (issue 078).
+        if (broker) await mesh(`module issue ${name} --node ${node}`);
         await mesh(`assign ${node} ${name}`);
         assigned[node]!.add(name);
       } catch (err) {