diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompactionTool.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompactionTool.java
index b1a5b7af739..9e7340fafeb 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompactionTool.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompactionTool.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -60,12 +57,6 @@ public class TestCompactionTool {
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     this.testUtil.startMiniCluster();
     testUtil.createTable(tableName, HBaseTestingUtility.fam1);
-    String defaultFS = testUtil.getMiniHBaseCluster().getConfiguration().get("fs.defaultFS");
-    Configuration config = HBaseConfiguration.create();
-    config.set("fs.defaultFS", defaultFS);
-    String configPath = this.getClass().getClassLoader()
-      .getResource("hbase-site.xml").getFile();
-    config.writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(configPath)));
     rootDir = testUtil.getDefaultRootDirPath();
     this.region = testUtil.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegions(tableName).get(0);
   }
@@ -89,7 +80,10 @@ public class TestCompactionTool {
       + Bytes.toString(HBaseTestingUtility.fam1);
     FileStatus[] regionDirFiles = fs.listStatus(new Path(storePath));
     assertEquals(10, regionDirFiles.length);
-    int result = ToolRunner.run(HBaseConfiguration.create(), new CompactionTool(),
+    String defaultFS = testUtil.getMiniHBaseCluster().getConfiguration().get("fs.defaultFS");
+    Configuration config = HBaseConfiguration.create();
+    config.set("fs.defaultFS", defaultFS);
+    int result = ToolRunner.run(config, new CompactionTool(),
       new String[]{"-compactOnce", "-major", storePath});
     assertEquals(0,result);
     regionDirFiles = fs.listStatus(new Path(storePath));