diff --git a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
index cf56a469e1..295952e1e2 100644
--- a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
@@ -62,26 +62,7 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.16</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>        
+        </dependency>    
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-s3</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/main/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/config/SpringServletConfig.java b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/main/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/config/SpringServletConfig.java
index 2c1522578b..6ce634b061 100644
--- a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/main/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/config/SpringServletConfig.java
+++ b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/main/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/config/SpringServletConfig.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping;
 
 import twitter4j.Twitter;
 import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
+import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
 
 import com.google.appengine.api.labs.taskqueue.Queue;
 import com.google.appengine.api.labs.taskqueue.QueueFactory;
@@ -88,8 +89,10 @@ public class SpringServletConfig extends LoggingConfig implements ServletConfigA
       Set<Module> modules = ImmutableSet.<Module> of(googleModule);
       // shared across all blobstores and used to retrieve tweets
       try {
-         twitterClient = new TwitterFactory().getInstance(props.getProperty("twitter.identity"),
-               props.getProperty("twitter.credential"));
+          twitter4j.conf.Configuration twitterConf = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+              .setUser(props.getProperty("twitter.identity"))
+              .setPassword(props.getProperty("twitter.credential")).build();
+      twitterClient = new TwitterFactory(twitterConf).getInstance();
       } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("properties for twitter not configured properly in " + props.toString(), e);
       }
diff --git a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/test/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/integration/TweetStoreLiveTest.java b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/test/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/integration/TweetStoreLiveTest.java
index 5aa2ffe745..d3f43e7a02 100644
--- a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/test/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/integration/TweetStoreLiveTest.java
+++ b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/src/test/java/org/jclouds/demo/tweetstore/integration/TweetStoreLiveTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import twitter4j.Status;
 import twitter4j.Twitter;
 import twitter4j.TwitterException;
 import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
+import twitter4j.conf.Configuration;
+import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
@@ -98,8 +100,10 @@ public class TweetStoreLiveTest {
          contexts.put(provider, factory.createContext(provider, wiring, props));
       }
 
-      Twitter client = new TwitterFactory().getInstance(props.getProperty("twitter.identity"),
-            props.getProperty("twitter.credential"));
+      Configuration twitterConf = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+          .setUser(props.getProperty("twitter.identity"))
+          .setPassword(props.getProperty("twitter.credential")).build();
+      Twitter client = new TwitterFactory(twitterConf).getInstance();
       StoreTweetsController controller = new StoreTweetsController(contexts, container, client);
 
       ResponseList<Status> statuses = client.getMentions();