diff --git a/R/table_index.R b/R/table_index.R
index 7c6d087e..5c21a8ac 100644
--- a/R/table_index.R
+++ b/R/table_index.R
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ table_index <- function(
     }
 
       create_rda(
-        object = final[[1]],
+        object = final,
         # get name of function and remove "table_" from it
         topic_label = gsub("table_", "", utils::tail(as.character(sys.call()[[1]]), n = 1)),
         fig_or_table = "table",
diff --git a/R/table_landings.R b/R/table_landings.R
index c8755267..7f711c9a 100644
--- a/R/table_landings.R
+++ b/R/table_landings.R
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ table_landings <- function(
     insert_kqs(landings.units, dir = tables_dir)
     
     create_rda(
-      object = final[[1]],
+      object = final,
       # get name of function and remove "table_" from it
       topic_label = gsub("table_", "", utils::tail(as.character(sys.call()[[1]]), n = 1)),
       fig_or_table = "table",
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-table_index.R b/tests/testthat/test-table_index.R
index 9fa9563e..9204bbb1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-table_index.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-table_index.R
@@ -32,31 +32,3 @@ test_that("table_index generates plots without errors", {
   #   "gt_tbl"
   # )
 })
-
-# test_that("rda file made when indicated", {
-#   # export rda
-#   table_index(
-#     dat = stockplotr::example_data,
-#     interactive = FALSE,
-#     make_rda = TRUE,
-#     tables_dir = getwd()
-#   )
-
-#   # load the rda file and check that it contains the expected object
-#   load(fs::path(getwd(), "tables", "index_table.rda"))
-#   # expect rda contains three objects: table, caption, and latex table
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$table)
-#   )
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$caption)
-#   )
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$latex_table)
-#   )
-
-#   expect_true(rda$caption == "Calculated index of abundance and corresponding CVs for the fleets and surveys identified in the column headers. ")
-
-#   # erase temporary testing files
-#   check_and_remove_tmp_files("index_table.rda", figs_or_tables="tables")
-# })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-table_landings.R b/tests/testthat/test-table_landings.R
index 04f37761..0db427d4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-table_landings.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-table_landings.R
@@ -37,28 +37,6 @@ test_that("table_landings generates plots without errors", {
   # )
 })
 
-# test_that("rda file made when indicated", {
-#   # export rda
-#   table_landings(
-#     dat = stockplotr::example_data,
-#     unit_label = "mt",
-#     era = NULL,
-#     interactive = FALSE,
-#     module = "CATCH",
-#     make_rda = TRUE,
-#     tables_dir = getwd()
-#   )
-
-#   # expect that both tables dir and the landings_table.rda file exist
-#   expect_true(dir.exists(fs::path(getwd(), "tables")))
-#   expect_true(file.exists(fs::path(getwd(), "tables", "landings_table.rda")))
-
-#   # erase temporary testing files
-#   file.remove(fs::path(getwd(), "captions_alt_text.csv"))
-#   file.remove(fs::path(getwd(), "key_quantities.csv"))
-#   unlink(fs::path(getwd(), "tables"), recursive = T)
-# })
-
 test_that("table_landings generates error with incorrect module", {
   # expect error
   # Need to test this -- not exactly the right test/result
@@ -73,33 +51,4 @@ test_that("table_landings generates error with incorrect module", {
       tables_dir = getwd()
     )
   )
-})
-
-
-# test_that("rda file made when indicated", {
-#   # export rda
-#   table_landings(
-#     dat = stockplotr::example_data,
-#     interactive = FALSE,
-#     make_rda = TRUE,
-#     tables_dir = getwd()
-#   )
-
-#   # load the rda file and check that it contains the expected object
-#   load(fs::path(getwd(), "tables", "landings_table.rda"))
-#   # expect rda contains three objects: table, caption, and latex table
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$table)
-#   )
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$caption)
-#   )
-#   expect_false(
-#     is.null(rda$latex_table)
-#   )
-
-#   expect_true(rda$caption == "Landed catch by fleet and year in  (mt).")
-
-#   # erase temporary testing files
-#   check_and_remove_tmp_files("landings_table.rda", figs_or_tables="tables")
-# })
+})
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