diff --git a/src/core/datastore/cachestore.spec.js b/src/core/datastore/cachestore.spec.js
index 81967a643..effbf3094 100644
--- a/src/core/datastore/cachestore.spec.js
+++ b/src/core/datastore/cachestore.spec.js
@@ -397,28 +397,6 @@ describe('CacheStore', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it('should throw an error if there are entities to sync', (done) => {
-      const entity = { _id: randomString() };
-      const syncStore = new SyncStore(collection);
-      syncStore.save(entity)
-        .then(() => {
-          const aggregation = new Aggregation();
-          const store = new CacheStore(collection);
-          store.group(aggregation)
-            .subscribe(null, (error) => {
-              try {
-                expect(error).toBeA(KinveyError);
-                expect(error.message).toInclude(pendingPushEntitiesErrMsg);
-                done();
-              } catch (e) {
-                done(e);
-              }
-            }, () => {
-              done(new Error('This test should fail.'));
-            });
-        });
-    });
-
     it('should return the count of all unique properties on the collection', (done) => {
       const entity1 = { _id: randomString(), title: randomString() };
       const entity2 = { _id: randomString(), title: randomString() };
@@ -489,27 +467,6 @@ describe('CacheStore', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it('should throw an error if there are entities to sync', (done) => {
-      const entity = { _id: randomString() };
-      const syncStore = new SyncStore(collection);
-      syncStore.save(entity)
-        .then(() => {
-          const store = new CacheStore(collection);
-          store.count()
-            .subscribe(null, (error) => {
-              try {
-                expect(error).toBeA(KinveyError);
-                expect(error.message).toInclude(pendingPushEntitiesErrMsg);
-                done();
-              } catch (e) {
-                done(e);
-              }
-            }, () => {
-              done(new Error('This test should fail.'));
-            });
-        });
-    });
-
     it('should return the count for the collection', (done) => {
       const entity1 = { _id: randomString() };
       const entity2 = { _id: randomString() };
diff --git a/src/core/datastore/processors/cache-offline-data-processor.js b/src/core/datastore/processors/cache-offline-data-processor.js
index 87cfa8bcf..3e834cd58 100644
--- a/src/core/datastore/processors/cache-offline-data-processor.js
+++ b/src/core/datastore/processors/cache-offline-data-processor.js
@@ -128,12 +128,9 @@ export class CacheOfflineDataProcessor extends OfflineDataProcessor {
       return super._processCount(collection, query, options)
         .then((offlineCount) => {
           observer.next(offlineCount);
-          return this._ensureCountBeforeRead(collection, 'count entities', query);
+          return this._networkRepository.count(collection, query, options);
         })
-        .then(() => this._networkRepository.count(collection, query, options))
-        .then((networkCount) => {
-          observer.next(networkCount);
-        });
+        .then(networkCount => observer.next(networkCount));
     });
   }
 
@@ -143,9 +140,8 @@ export class CacheOfflineDataProcessor extends OfflineDataProcessor {
         .catch(() => []) // backwards compatibility
         .then((offlineResult) => {
           observer.next(offlineResult);
-          return this._ensureCountBeforeRead(collection, 'group entities');
+          return this._networkRepository.group(collection, aggregationQuery, options);
         })
-        .then(() => this._networkRepository.group(collection, aggregationQuery, options))
         .then(networkResult => observer.next(networkResult));
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/core/datastore/working-with-data-tests/cache-offline-data-processor.spec.js b/src/core/datastore/working-with-data-tests/cache-offline-data-processor.spec.js
index e0748b2da..f07576481 100644
--- a/src/core/datastore/working-with-data-tests/cache-offline-data-processor.spec.js
+++ b/src/core/datastore/working-with-data-tests/cache-offline-data-processor.spec.js
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ describe('CacheOfflineDataProcessor', () => {
           expect(result).toBeA(KinveyObservable);
         });
 
-        addSyncQueueTests();
-
         it('should call OfflineRepo.count()', () => {
           return dataProcessor.process(operation, options).toPromise()
             .then(() => {
@@ -242,8 +240,6 @@ describe('CacheOfflineDataProcessor', () => {
             });
         });
 
-        addSyncQueueTests();
-
         it('should call NetworkRepo.group()', () => {
           return dataProcessor.process(operation, options).toPromise()
             .then(() => {