diff --git a/blobstore/project.clj b/blobstore/project.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 57010ea0d2..0000000000
--- a/blobstore/project.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-(defproject org.jclouds/clj-blobstore "0.1-SNAPSHOT"
-  :description "clojure binding for jclouds blobstore library"
-  :source-path "src/main/clojure"
-  :test-path "src/test/clojure"
-  :compile-path "target/classes"
-  :library-path "target"
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.1.0"]
-                 [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.1.0"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-blobstore "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-log4j "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [log4j/log4j "1.2.14"]]
-  :dev-dependencies [[org.clojure/swank-clojure "1.0"]]
-  :repositories [["jclouds" "http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo"]
-                 ["jclouds-snapshot" "http://jclouds.rimuhosting.com/maven2/snapshots"]])
diff --git a/compute/project.clj b/compute/project.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 74c36e0383..0000000000
--- a/compute/project.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-(defproject org.jclouds/clj-compute "0.1-SNAPSHOT"
-  :description "clojure binding for jclouds compute library"
-  :source-path "src/main/clojure"
-  :test-path "src/test/clojure"
-  :compile-path "target/classes"
-  :library-path "target"
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.1.0"]
-                 [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.1.0"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-compute "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-jsch "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-log4j "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [org.jclouds/jclouds-enterprise "1.0-beta-4"]
-                 [log4j/log4j "1.2.14"]
-                 [com.jcraft/jsch "0.1.42"]]
-  :dev-dependencies [[org.clojure/swank-clojure "1.0"]]
-  :repositories [["jclouds" "http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo"]
-                 ["jclouds-snapshot" "http://jclouds.rimuhosting.com/maven2/snapshots"]])
diff --git a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
index b4da820878..4d70662a3b 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
+++ b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Here's an example of getting some compute configuration from rackspace:
 "}
   org.jclouds.compute
   (:use clojure.contrib.duck-streams
+        clojure.contrib.logging
         [clojure.contrib.str-utils2 :only [capitalize lower-case map-str]]
         [clojure.contrib.java-utils :only [wall-hack-field]])
   (:import java.io.File
@@ -39,18 +40,29 @@ Here's an example of getting some compute configuration from rackspace:
            (com.google.common.collect ImmutableSet)))
 
 (def module-lookup
-     {:log4j org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule
-      :ssh org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule
-      :enterprise org.jclouds.enterprise.config.EnterpriseConfigurationModule})
+     {:log4j 'org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule
+      :ssh 'org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule
+      :enterprise 'org.jclouds.enterprise.config.EnterpriseConfigurationModule})
+
+(defn- instantiate [sym]
+  (let [loader (.getContextClassLoader (Thread/currentThread))]
+    (try
+     (.newInstance #^Class (.loadClass loader (name sym)))
+     (catch java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e
+       (warn (str "Could not find " (name sym) " module.
+Ensure the module is on the classpath.  You are maybe missing a dependency on
+  org.jclouds/jclouds-jsch
+  org.jclouds/jclouds-log4j
+  or org.jclouds/jclouds-enterprise."))))))
 
 (defn modules
   "Build a list of modules suitable for passing to compute-context"
   [& modules]
   (.build #^com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet$Builder
-          (reduce #(.add #^com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet$Builder %1
-                         (.newInstance #^Class (%2 module-lookup)))
+          (reduce #(.add #^com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet$Builder %1 %2)
                   (com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet/builder)
-                  modules)))
+                  (filter (complement nil?)
+                          (map (comp instantiate module-lookup) modules)))))
 
 (defn compute-context
   "Create a logged in context."
diff --git a/compute/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/compute_test.clj b/compute/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/compute_test.clj
index 14a1e2c0ca..a60450012d 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/compute_test.clj
+++ b/compute/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/compute_test.clj
@@ -2,5 +2,31 @@
   (:use [org.jclouds.compute] :reload-all)
   (:use clojure.test))
 
+(defmacro with-private-vars [[ns fns] & tests]
+  "Refers private fns from ns and runs tests in context.  From users mailing
+list, Alan Dipert and MeikelBrandmeyer."
+  `(let ~(reduce #(conj %1 %2 `@(ns-resolve '~ns '~%2)) [] fns)
+     ~@tests))
+
+(with-private-vars [org.jclouds.compute [instantiate]]
+  (deftest instantiate-test
+    (is (instance? String (instantiate 'java.lang.String)))))
+
 (deftest os-families-test
   (is (some #{"centos"} (map str (os-families)))))
+
+(deftest modules-empty-test
+  (is (.isEmpty (modules))))
+
+(deftest modules-instantiate-test
+  (binding [org.jclouds.compute/module-lookup
+            (assoc org.jclouds.compute/module-lookup
+              :string 'java.lang.String)]
+    (is (instance? String (first (modules :string))))
+    (is (= 1 (count (modules :string))))))
+
+(deftest modules-instantiate-fail-test
+  (binding [org.jclouds.compute/module-lookup
+            (assoc org.jclouds.compute/module-lookup
+              :non-existing 'this.doesnt.Exist)]
+    (is (.isEmpty (modules :non-existing)))))