diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/AbstractProxyTestCase.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/AbstractProxyTestCase.java
index d71e396d5..a2135c48d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/AbstractProxyTestCase.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/AbstractProxyTestCase.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import org.easymock.ArgumentsMatcher;
 import org.easymock.MockControl;
 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;
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractProxyTestCase
 
     protected MockConfiguration config;
 
+    protected Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+
     WagonDelegate delegate;
 
     @Inject
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractProxyTestCase
 
         delegate.setDelegate( wagonMock );
 
-        System.out.println( "\n.\\ " + getName() + "() \\._________________________________________\n" );
+        log.info( "\n.\\ " + getName() + "() \\._________________________________________\n" );
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/MetadataTransferTest.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/MetadataTransferTest.java
index 09a6de673..ebcf5cb4e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/MetadataTransferTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/MetadataTransferTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -95,14 +96,15 @@ public class MetadataTransferTest
     extends AbstractProxyTestCase
 {
 
+    @Inject
     private MetadataTools metadataTools;
 
     @Before
     public void init()
         throws Exception
     {
-        super.setUp();
-        metadataTools = applicationContext.getBean( MetadataTools.class );
+        //super.setUp();
+        //metadataTools = applicationContext.getBean( MetadataTools.class );
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ public class MetadataTransferTest
         String requestedResource = "org/apache/maven/test/get-default-metadata-nonexistant/maven-metadata.xml";
         setupTestableManagedRepository( requestedResource );
 
+        config.getConfiguration().setProxyConnectors( new ArrayList<ProxyConnectorConfiguration>( ) );
+
         assertResourceNotFound( requestedResource );
 
         // No proxy setup, nothing fetched, failure expected.