diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/mountconfig.php b/apps/files_external/tests/mountconfig.php
index 8a49401a07..ac010464fa 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/mountconfig.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/mountconfig.php
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../lib/base.php';
-
 class Test_Mount_Config_Dummy_Storage {
 	public function test() {
 		return true;
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 99374d68a5..8dd7784d43 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if ($configDir) {
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../lib/base.php';
 
+// load minimum set of apps
+OC_App::loadApps(array('authentication'));
+OC_App::loadApps(array('filesystem', 'logging'));
+
 if (!class_exists('PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase')) {
 	require_once('PHPUnit/Autoload.php');
 }