diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneDeleteLocalScore.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneDeleteLocalScore.cs
index e896b0fab6..289c01fbf3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneDeleteLocalScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneDeleteLocalScore.cs
@@ -123,16 +123,26 @@ public void Setup() => Schedule(() =>
             // Due to soft deletions, we can re-use deleted scores between test runs
             scoreManager.Undelete(scoreManager.QueryScores(s => s.DeletePending).ToList());
 
+            leaderboard.Scores = null;
+            leaderboard.FinishTransforms(true); // After setting scores, we may be waiting for transforms to expire drawables
+
             leaderboard.Beatmap = beatmap;
-            leaderboard.RefreshScores();
+            leaderboard.RefreshScores(); // Required in the case that the beatmap hasn't changed
         });
 
+        [SetUpSteps]
+        public void SetupSteps()
+        {
+            // Ensure the leaderboard has finished async-loading drawables
+            AddUntilStep("wait for drawables", () => leaderboard.ChildrenOfType<LeaderboardScore>().Any());
+
+            // Ensure the leaderboard items have finished showing up
+            AddStep("finish transforms", () => leaderboard.FinishTransforms(true));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestDeleteViaRightClick()
         {
-            // Ensure the leaderboard items have finished showing up
-            AddStep("finish transforms", () => leaderboard.FinishTransforms(true));
-
             AddStep("open menu for top score", () =>
             {
                 InputManager.MoveMouseTo(leaderboard.ChildrenOfType<LeaderboardScore>().First());