diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_origin.py b/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_origin.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_origin.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_origin.py
@@ -93,15 +93,7 @@
     origin = Origin.from_dict(data.origin)
     swh_storage.origin_add_one(origin)
     swh_storage.origin_visit_add(
-        [
-            OriginVisit(
-                origin=origin.url,
-                date=data.date_visit1,
-                type="git",
-                status="ongoing",
-                snapshot=None,
-            ),
-        ]
+        [OriginVisit(origin=origin.url, date=data.date_visit1, type="git",),]
     )[0]
     actual_origin_visit = origin_get_latest_visit_status(
         swh_storage, origin.url, type="unknown"
@@ -130,18 +122,10 @@
     ov1, ov2 = swh_storage.origin_visit_add(
         [
             OriginVisit(
-                origin=origin1.url,
-                date=data.date_visit1,
-                type=data.type_visit1,
-                status="ongoing",
-                snapshot=None,
+                origin=origin1.url, date=data.date_visit1, type=data.type_visit1,
             ),
             OriginVisit(
-                origin=origin2.url,
-                date=data.date_visit2,
-                type=data.type_visit2,
-                status="ongoing",
-                snapshot=None,
+                origin=origin2.url, date=data.date_visit2, type=data.type_visit2,
             ),
         ]
     )
@@ -314,15 +298,7 @@
 
     # Add another visit
     swh_storage.origin_visit_add(
-        [
-            OriginVisit(
-                origin=origin2.url,
-                date=date_now,
-                type=data.type_visit2,
-                status="ongoing",
-                snapshot=None,
-            ),
-        ]
+        [OriginVisit(origin=origin2.url, date=date_now, type=data.type_visit2,),]
     )
 
     # Requiring the latest visit with a snapshot, we still find the previous visit
diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_snapshot.py b/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_snapshot.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_snapshot.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/algos/test_snapshot.py
@@ -60,15 +60,7 @@
     origin = Origin.from_dict(data.origin)
     swh_storage.origin_add_one(origin)
     swh_storage.origin_visit_add(
-        [
-            OriginVisit(
-                origin=origin.url,
-                date=data.date_visit1,
-                type=data.type_visit1,
-                status="ongoing",
-                snapshot=None,
-            )
-        ]
+        [OriginVisit(origin=origin.url, date=data.date_visit1, type=data.type_visit1,)]
     )
     assert snapshot_get_latest(swh_storage, origin.url) is None
 
@@ -100,11 +92,7 @@
     swh_storage.origin_add_one(origin)
 
     visit1 = OriginVisit(
-        origin=origin.url,
-        date=data.date_visit1,
-        type=data.type_visit1,
-        status="ongoing",
-        snapshot=None,
+        origin=origin.url, date=data.date_visit1, type=data.type_visit1,
     )
     swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit1])
     ov1 = swh_storage.origin_visit_get_latest(origin.url)
diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/test_retry.py b/swh/storage/tests/test_retry.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/test_retry.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/test_retry.py
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@
     origin = list(swh_storage.origin_visit_get(origin_url))
     assert not origin
 
-    visit = OriginVisit(
-        origin=origin_url, date=date_visit1, type="hg", status="ongoing", snapshot=None
-    )
+    visit = OriginVisit(origin=origin_url, date=date_visit1, type="hg")
     origin_visit = swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit])[0]
     assert origin_visit.origin == origin_url
     assert isinstance(origin_visit.visit, int)
@@ -378,9 +376,7 @@
     origin_url = swh_storage.origin_add_one(sample_origin)
 
     mock_memory = mocker.patch("swh.storage.in_memory.InMemoryStorage.origin_visit_add")
-    visit = OriginVisit(
-        origin=origin_url, date=date_visit1, type="git", status="ongoing", snapshot=None
-    )
+    visit = OriginVisit(origin=origin_url, date=date_visit1, type="git")
     mock_memory.side_effect = [
         # first try goes ko
         fake_hash_collision,
@@ -416,13 +412,7 @@
     assert not origin
 
     with pytest.raises(StorageArgumentException, match="Refuse to add"):
-        visit = OriginVisit(
-            origin=origin_url,
-            date=date_visit1,
-            type="svn",
-            status="ongoing",
-            snapshot=None,
-        )
+        visit = OriginVisit(origin=origin_url, date=date_visit1, type="svn",)
         swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit])
 
     mock_memory.assert_has_calls(
diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py b/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -1968,18 +1968,10 @@
 
         # Add some other {origin, visit} entries
         visit2 = OriginVisit(
-            origin=origin_url,
-            date=data.date_visit3,
-            type=data.type_visit3,
-            status="ongoing",
-            snapshot=None,
+            origin=origin_url, date=data.date_visit3, type=data.type_visit3,
         )
         visit3 = OriginVisit(
-            origin=origin_url2,
-            date=data.date_visit3,
-            type=data.type_visit3,
-            status="ongoing",
-            snapshot=None,
+            origin=origin_url2, date=data.date_visit3, type=data.type_visit3,
         )
         swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit2, visit3])
 
@@ -2433,11 +2425,7 @@
         origin_url = data.origin["url"]
         origin_url = swh_storage.origin_add_one(data.origin)
         visit = OriginVisit(
-            origin=origin_url,
-            date=data.date_visit1,
-            type=data.type_visit1,
-            status="ongoing",
-            snapshot=None,
+            origin=origin_url, date=data.date_visit1, type=data.type_visit1,
         )
         origin_visit1 = swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit])[0]
         visit_id = origin_visit1.visit
@@ -2908,11 +2896,7 @@
 
         origin_url = swh_storage.origin_add_one(data.origin2)
         visit = OriginVisit(
-            origin=origin_url,
-            date=data.date_visit2,
-            type=data.type_visit2,
-            status="ongoing",
-            snapshot=None,
+            origin=origin_url, date=data.date_visit2, type=data.type_visit2,
         )
         origin_visit1 = swh_storage.origin_visit_add([visit])[0]