diff --git a/grails/src/test/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/commons/spring/GrailsRuntimeConfiguratorTests.java b/grails/src/test/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/commons/spring/GrailsRuntimeConfiguratorTests.java
index eb75ed0d9..347f68c13 100644
--- a/grails/src/test/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/commons/spring/GrailsRuntimeConfiguratorTests.java
+++ b/grails/src/test/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/commons/spring/GrailsRuntimeConfiguratorTests.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.PluginMetaManager;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.support.MockApplicationContext;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.errors.GrailsExceptionResolver;
-import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsUrlHandlerMapping;
-import org.springframework.aop.target.HotSwappableTargetSource;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
@@ -102,10 +100,6 @@ public void testConfigure() throws Exception {
         org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.GrailsDomainClassValidator validator = (org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.GrailsDomainClassValidator)ctx.getBean("TestValidator");
         assertTrue(validator.supports(dc));
 
-        // test controller config
-        HotSwappableTargetSource ts = (HotSwappableTargetSource)ctx.getBean(GrailsUrlHandlerMapping.APPLICATION_CONTEXT_TARGET_SOURCE);
-        assertNotNull(ts.getTarget());
-
         GroovyObject controller = (GroovyObject)ctx.getBean("TestController");
         assertEquals(c,controller.getClass());
     }