diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase.java
index 5017f3dd1..98d7f10d9 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase
 
         int port = repo.server.getConnectors()[0].getLocalPort();
         repo.url = "http://localhost:" + port + repo.context;
-        System.out.println( "Remote HTTP Server started on " + repo.url );
+        log.info( "Remote HTTP Server started on " + repo.url );
 
         repo.config = createRemoteRepository( repo.id, "Testable [" + repo.id + "] Remote Repo", repo.url );
 
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase
         remoteCentral = createServer( "central" );
 
         assertServerSetupCorrectly( remoteCentral );
+
+        RemoteRepositoryConfiguration remoteRepositoryConfiguration =
+            archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().getRemoteRepositoriesAsMap().get( remoteCentral.id );
+        if ( remoteRepositoryConfiguration != null )
+        {
+            archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().removeRemoteRepository( remoteRepositoryConfiguration );
+        }
+
         archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().addRemoteRepository( remoteCentral.config );
         setupCleanRepo( remoteCentral.root );
     }
@@ -231,6 +239,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractRepositoryServletProxiedTestCase
         remoteSnapshots = createServer( "snapshots" );
 
         assertServerSetupCorrectly( remoteSnapshots );
+        RemoteRepositoryConfiguration remoteRepositoryConfiguration =
+            archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().getRemoteRepositoriesAsMap().get( remoteSnapshots.id );
+        if ( remoteRepositoryConfiguration != null )
+        {
+            archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().removeRemoteRepository( remoteRepositoryConfiguration );
+        }
         archivaConfiguration.getConfiguration().addRemoteRepository( remoteSnapshots.config );
         setupCleanRepo( remoteSnapshots.root );
     }
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletTestCase.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletTestCase.java
index e508e4aad..67c5e8fa4 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletTestCase.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/AbstractRepositoryServletTestCase.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.archiva.configuration.RemoteRepositoryConfiguration;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractRepositoryServletTestCase
     @Inject
     protected ApplicationContext applicationContext;
 
+    protected Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+
 
     protected void saveConfiguration()
         throws Exception
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
index f1defb60f..69ef84322 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
   <listener>
     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
   </listener>
+  <context-param>
+	  <param-name>contextClass</param-name>
+	  <param-value>org.codehaus.redback.components.springutils.CachingWebApplicationContext</param-value>
+  </context-param>
 
    <context-param>
     <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1175e70c7..ad0d1d1a0 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
   <listener>
     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
   </listener>
+  <context-param>
+	  <param-name>contextClass</param-name>
+	  <param-value>org.codehaus.redback.components.springutils.CachingWebApplicationContext</param-value>
+  </context-param>
   <context-param>
     <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
     <param-value>