diff --git a/src/android/platform.cpp b/src/android/platform.cpp
index 5da8d301..54d5ef1b 100644
--- a/src/android/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/android/platform.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "../platform.hpp"
  #include "../js_init.h"
 #include <string>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 std::string s_default_realm_directory;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ std::string default_realm_file_directory()
 
 void ensure_directory_exists_for_file(const std::string &fileName)
 {
+    std::string cmd = "rm " + s_default_realm_directory + "/*.realm " +
+                              s_default_realm_directory + "/*.realm.lock";
+    system(cmd.c_str());
 }
 
 void remove_realm_files_from_directory(const std::string &directory)
diff --git a/tests/lib/QueryTests.js b/tests/lib/QueryTests.js
index 137cf9a4..55eaa17e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/QueryTests.js
+++ b/tests/lib/QueryTests.js
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ function runQuerySuite(suite) {
         return args;
     }
 
-    for (var test of suite.tests) {
+    for (var index in suite.tests) {
+        var test = suite.tests[index];
         if (test[0] == "QueryCount") {
             var length = realm.objects.apply(realm, getArgs(2)).length;
             TestCase.assertEqual(test[1], length, "Query '" + args[1] + "' on type '" + args[0] + "' expected " + test[1] + " results, got " + length);
diff --git a/tests/lib/RealmTests.js b/tests/lib/RealmTests.js
index 32bb20b7..a404c9e9 100644
--- a/tests/lib/RealmTests.js
+++ b/tests/lib/RealmTests.js
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ module.exports = BaseTest.extend({
         var newPath = util.realmPathForFile('default2.realm');
         Realm.defaultPath = newPath;
         defaultRealm = new Realm({schema: []});
-        TestCase.assertEqual(defaultRealm.path, newPath);
-        TestCase.assertEqual(Realm.defaultPath, newPath);
-
+        TestCase.assertEqual(defaultRealm.path, newPath, "should use updated default realm path");
+        TestCase.assertEqual(Realm.defaultPath, newPath, "defaultPath should have been updated");
     },
 
     testRealmCreate: function() {
diff --git a/tests/react-test-app/index.android.js b/tests/react-test-app/index.android.js
index 6b10a650..f1ec3c14 100644
--- a/tests/react-test-app/index.android.js
+++ b/tests/react-test-app/index.android.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ var Realm = require('realm');
 var RealmTests = require('realm-tests');
 
 function runTests() {
-    RealmTests.ObjectTests.testNullableBasicTypesPropertySetters();
     let testNames = RealmTests.getTestNames();
 
     for (let suiteName in testNames) {