diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsmaprender.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsmaprender.cpp
index 9da9a066806c..eb7211b16f95 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsmaprender.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsmaprender.cpp
@@ -74,19 +74,16 @@ class TestQgsMapRender: public QObject
 
 void TestQgsMapRender::initTestCase()
 {
+  //
+  // Runs once before any tests are run
+  //
   // init QGIS's paths - true means that all path will be inited from prefix
   QString qgisPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath ();
-  QgsApplication::setPrefixPath(qgisPath, TRUE);
-#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-  QgsApplication::setPkgDataPath(qgisPath + "/../share/qgis");
-  QgsApplication::setPluginPath(qgisPath + "/../lib/qgis");
-#endif
+  QgsApplication::setPrefixPath(INSTALL_PREFIX, true);
+  QgsApplication::showSettings();
   // Instantiate the plugin directory so that providers are loaded
   QgsProviderRegistry::instance(QgsApplication::pluginPath());
-  std::cout << "Prefix  PATH: " << QgsApplication::prefixPath().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
-  std::cout << "Plugin  PATH: " << QgsApplication::pluginPath().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
-  std::cout << "PkgData PATH: " << QgsApplication::pkgDataPath().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
-  std::cout << "User DB PATH: " << QgsApplication::qgisUserDbFilePath().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
+
 
   //create some objects that will be used in all tests...
   mEncoding = "UTF-8";