diff --git a/pavelib/assets.py b/pavelib/assets.py
index a70c083fac027443e697f253a4efa37b201cb1cb..1faa8facdb51da6bf6dabbf802d5fe9382bd199f 100644
--- a/pavelib/assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/assets.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def collect_assets(systems, settings):
     `settings` is the Django settings module to use.
     """
     for sys in systems:
-        sh(django_cmd(sys, settings, "collectstatic --clear --noinput"))
+        sh(django_cmd(sys, settings, "collectstatic --noinput > /dev/null"))
         print("\t\tFinished collecting {} assets.".format(sys))
 
 
diff --git a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
index 1c3b2f6964355c8be4286514d0665a95d6b63ecc..126f016670d538c8141d6cef5fe4a42149d58223 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ EXPECTED_PREPROCESS_ASSETS_COMMAND = (
     u" {system}/static/sass/*.scss {system}/static/themed_sass"
 )
 EXPECTED_COLLECT_STATIC_COMMAND = (
-    u"python manage.py {system} --settings={asset_settings} collectstatic --clear --noinput"
+    u"python manage.py {system} --settings={asset_settings} collectstatic --noinput > /dev/null"
 )
 EXPECTED_CELERY_COMMAND = (
     u"python manage.py lms --settings={settings} celery worker --beat --loglevel=INFO --pythonpath=."
diff --git a/test_root/.gitignore b/test_root/.gitignore
index b3e5512f73a5f5f5282ee9bdea1e36a4fff3605e..a17bd47875c9936aed7746ffae34d7d6a9f40d1e 100644
--- a/test_root/.gitignore
+++ b/test_root/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 local_repo
 remote_repo
+staticfiles
diff --git a/test_root/staticfiles/cms/.gitkeep b/test_root/staticfiles/cms/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/test_root/staticfiles/lms/.gitkeep b/test_root/staticfiles/lms/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000