diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/TestCatalogTracker.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/TestCatalogTracker.java
index e6a896a1cb5..ae3150526d4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/TestCatalogTracker.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/TestCatalogTracker.java
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public class TestCatalogTracker {
 
   private CatalogTracker constructAndStartCatalogTracker(final HConnection c)
   throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    CatalogTracker ct = new CatalogTracker(this.watcher, UTIL.getConfiguration(),
-      c, this.abortable, 0);
+    CatalogTracker ct = new CatalogTracker(this.watcher, null, c,
+        this.abortable, 0);
     ct.start();
     return ct;
   }