diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/osgi/MetadataBundleListenerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/osgi/MetadataBundleListenerTest.java
index 536f6b5c77..6a9732f770 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/osgi/MetadataBundleListenerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/osgi/MetadataBundleListenerTest.java
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expectLastCall;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
@@ -48,15 +44,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 public class MetadataBundleListenerTest {
 
-   @Test
-   public void testSanity() throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException {
-      // We are checking here that the class loader we create and use in this test series is indeed different and
-      // isolated from our tests classloader.
-      ClassLoader loader = createIsolatedClassLoader();
-      assertFalse(ProviderMetadata.class.isAssignableFrom(loader
-            .loadClass("org.jclouds.providers.JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata")));
-   }
-
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    @Test
    public void testGetProviderMetadata() throws Exception {
@@ -112,31 +99,6 @@ public class MetadataBundleListenerTest {
       verify(bundle, providerListener);
    }
 
-   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-   @Test
-   public void testGetProviderMetadataFromMultipleClassLoaders() throws Exception {
-      ClassLoader isolatedClassLoader = createIsolatedClassLoader();
-      MetadataBundleListener listener = new MetadataBundleListener();
-      Bundle bundle = createMock(Bundle.class);
-      expect(bundle.getEntry("/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata")).andReturn(
-            getClass().getResource("/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata")).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.providers.JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata")).andReturn(
-            isolatedClassLoader.loadClass(JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata.class.getName())).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.providers.JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata")).andReturn(
-            JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata.class).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.providers.JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata")).andReturn(
-            JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata.class).anyTimes();
-
-      replay(bundle);
-      List<ProviderMetadata> providerMetadataList = Lists.newArrayList(listener.listProviderMetadata(bundle));
-      assertNotNull(providerMetadataList);
-      assertEquals(2, providerMetadataList.size());
-      assertFalse(providerMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata()));
-      assertTrue(providerMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata()));
-      assertTrue(providerMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata()));
-      verify(bundle);
-   }
-
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    @Test
    public void testGetApiMetadata() throws Exception {
@@ -192,42 +154,4 @@ public class MetadataBundleListenerTest {
       listener.bundleChanged(event);
       verify(bundle, apiListener);
    }
-
-   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-   @Test
-   public void testGetApiMetadataFromMultipleClassLoaders() throws Exception {
-      ClassLoader isolatedClassLoader = createIsolatedClassLoader();
-      MetadataBundleListener listener = new MetadataBundleListener();
-      Bundle bundle = createMock(Bundle.class);
-      expect(bundle.getEntry("/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata")).andReturn(
-            getClass().getResource("/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata")).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata")).andReturn(
-            isolatedClassLoader.loadClass(JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata.class.getName())).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata")).andReturn(
-            JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata.class).anyTimes();
-      expect((Class) bundle.loadClass("org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata")).andReturn(
-            JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata.class).anyTimes();
-
-      replay(bundle);
-
-      List<ApiMetadata> apiMetadataList = Lists.newArrayList(listener.listApiMetadata(bundle));
-      assertNotNull(apiMetadataList);
-      assertEquals(2, apiMetadataList.size());
-      assertFalse(apiMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata()));
-      assertTrue(apiMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata()));
-      assertTrue(apiMetadataList.contains(new JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata()));
-      verify(bundle);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * Creates a different {@link ClassLoader}.
-    * 
-    * @return
-    */
-   private ClassLoader createIsolatedClassLoader() throws MalformedURLException {
-      URLClassLoader testClassLoader = (URLClassLoader) getClass().getClassLoader();
-      URL[] urls = testClassLoader.getURLs();
-      URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(urls, null);
-      return loader;
-   }
 }