diff --git a/spec/babushka/dep_spec.rb b/spec/babushka/dep_spec.rb
index e9c352678..78a1f6687 100644
--- a/spec/babushka/dep_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/babushka/dep_spec.rb
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@
     end.dep_defined?.should == true
   end
   context "lazily" do
+    before {
+      Base.sources.stub!(:current_real_load_source).and_return(Base.sources.anonymous)
+    }
     it "should not define the dep when called without a block" do
       dep('lazy defining test').dep_defined?.should == nil
     end
@@ -280,6 +283,9 @@
       end.dep_defined?.should == false
     end
     context "lazily" do
+      before {
+        Base.sources.stub!(:current_real_load_source).and_return(Base.sources.anonymous)
+      }
       it "should not be defined, and then have failed defining after a run" do
         dep('lazy defining test with errors') do
           nonexistent_method
diff --git a/spec/babushka/source_pool_spec.rb b/spec/babushka/source_pool_spec.rb
index 4d10306c6..6444bce48 100644
--- a/spec/babushka/source_pool_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/babushka/source_pool_spec.rb
@@ -172,10 +172,6 @@
       end
     }
     it "should use the template" do
-      the_dep.template.should be_nil
-      # This triggers dep.define!, but the load_context is gone.
-      # That's what we're testing.
-      the_dep.met?
       the_dep.template.should == template
     end
     after {
@@ -219,8 +215,8 @@
       end
       it "should not find a template in the wrong source, and raise" do
         L{
-          mock_dep('template selection 4', :template => 'meta_3', :in => @source1)
-          }.should raise_error(DepError, "There is no template named 'meta_3' to define 'template selection 4' against.")
+          mock_dep('template selection 4', :template => 'meta_3', :in => @source1).template
+        }.should raise_error(DepError, "There is no template named 'meta_3' to define 'template selection 4' against.")
       end
     end
     context "with suffixes" do
diff --git a/spec/babushka/source_spec.rb b/spec/babushka/source_spec.rb
index 7659e7414..edc0bd9ae 100644
--- a/spec/babushka/source_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/babushka/source_spec.rb
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@
     it "should not have defined the deps" do
       dep = @source.deps.for('test dep 1')
       dep.dep_defined?.should be_false
-      dep.template.should be_nil
-      dep.context.should be_nil
     end
     it "should store the source the dep was loaded from" do
       @source.deps.for('test dep 1').dep_source.should == @source