diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
index 00b3f3c32b..ef8dd6d8ca 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class Google extends \OC\Files\Storage\Common {
 			$client->setUseObjects(true);
 			$client->setAccessToken($params['token']);
 			$this->service = new \Google_DriveService($client);
-			$this->root = isset($params['root']) ? $params['root'] : '';
 			$token = json_decode($params['token'], true);
 			$this->id = 'google::'.substr($params['client_id'], 0, 30).$token['created'];
 		} else {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class Google extends \OC\Files\Storage\Common {
 	 */
 	private function getDriveFile($path) {
 		// Remove leading and trailing slashes
-		$path = trim($this->root.$path, '/');
+		$path = trim($path, '/');
 		if (isset($this->driveFiles[$path])) {
 			return $this->driveFiles[$path];
 		} else if ($path === '') {
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ class Google extends \OC\Files\Storage\Common {
 	 * @param Google_DriveFile|false $file
 	 */
 	private function setDriveFile($path, $file) {
-		$path = trim($this->root.$path, '/');
+		$path = trim($path, '/');
 		$this->driveFiles[$path] = $file;
 		if ($file === false) {
 			// Set all child paths as false
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class Google extends \OC\Files\Storage\Common {
 	}
 
 	public function rmdir($path) {
-		if (trim($this->root.$path, '/') === '') {
+		if (trim($path, '/') === '') {
 			$dir = $this->opendir($path);
 			while ($file = readdir($dir)) {
 				if (!\OC\Files\Filesystem::isIgnoredDir($file)) {
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/config.php b/apps/files_external/tests/config.php
index bac594b485..642806f32d 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/config.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/config.php
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ return array(
 		'root'=>'/owncloud/files/webdav.php',
 	),
 	'google'=>array(
-		'run'=>false,
-		'consumer_key'=>'anonymous',
-		'consumer_secret'=>'anonymous',
-		'token'=>'test',
-		'token_secret'=>'test',
-		'root'=>'/google',
+		'run'=> false,
+		'configured' => 'true',
+		'client_id' => '',
+		'client_secret' => '',
+		'token' => '',
 	),
 	'swift'=>array(
 		'run'=>false,