diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/ConfigurationFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/ConfigurationFactory.java
index d15c41c..3b55346 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/ConfigurationFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/ConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public Configuration getConfiguration(String applicationName) {
     public Configuration getConfiguration(String applicationName, String webappConfDirectory) {
         LOG.info(String.format("Configuring application(%s) using classpath configuration directory(%s)",
             applicationName, webappConfDirectory));
-        PropertiesLoader propertiesLocator = new PropertiesLoader();
-        List<PropertiesWithSource> properties = propertiesLocator.getProperties(applicationName, webappConfDirectory);
+        PropertiesLoader propertiesLoader = new PropertiesLoader();
+        List<PropertiesWithSource> properties = propertiesLoader.getProperties(applicationName, webappConfDirectory);
 
         Configuration configuration = new Configuration(properties);
         LOG.info(String.format("Configured webapp %s with properties:\n\n%s", applicationName, configuration));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoader.java
index c85f184..19a124e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoader.java
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class PropertiesLoader {
     private static final String INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE = "/etc/gu/installation.properties";
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(PropertiesLoader.class);
 
-    private FileAndResourceLoader loader = new FileAndResourceLoader();
-    private PropertiesWithSource installationProperties;
+    private FileAndResourceLoader loader;
+    private Properties installationProperties;
 
     PropertiesLoader() {
         this(new FileAndResourceLoader());
@@ -21,22 +21,25 @@ class PropertiesLoader {
 
     PropertiesLoader(FileAndResourceLoader loader) {
         this.loader = loader;
+
+        LOG.info("Loading installation properties from " + INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE);
+        installationProperties = loader.getPropertiesFromFile(INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE);
+
+        LOG.info("stage: " + getStage());
+        LOG.info("int.service.domain: " + getIntServiceDomain());
     }
 
     String getIntServiceDomain() {
-        return getInstallationProperties().getStringProperty("int.service.domain");
+        return installationProperties.getProperty("int.service.domain");
     }
 
     String getStage() {
-        return getInstallationProperties().getStringProperty("stage");
+        return installationProperties.getProperty("stage");
     }
 
     List<PropertiesWithSource> getProperties(String applicationName, String webappConfDirectory) {
         List<PropertiesWithSource> properties = new LinkedList<PropertiesWithSource>();
 
-        PropertiesWithSource installationProperties = getInstallationProperties();
-        properties.add(installationProperties);
-
         String stage = getStage();
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(stage)) {
              LOG.warn("'stage' variable unavailable from " + INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE);
@@ -51,17 +54,6 @@ List<PropertiesWithSource> getProperties(String applicationName, String webappCo
         return properties;
     }
 
-    private PropertiesWithSource getInstallationProperties() {
-        if (installationProperties == null) {
-            LOG.info("Loading installation properties from " + INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE);
-
-            Properties properties = loader.getPropertiesFromFile(INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES_FILE);
-            installationProperties = new PropertiesWithSource(properties, PropertiesSource.INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES);
-        }
-
-        return installationProperties;
-    }
-
     private PropertiesWithSource getSystemWebappProperties(String applicationName) {
         String propertiesFile = String.format("/etc/gu/%s.properties", applicationName);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSource.java b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSource.java
index f78401b..e4b83c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSource.java
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ public enum PropertiesSource {
     WEBAPP_STAGE_PROPERTIES("Webapp Stage Specific Configuration Properties"),
     WEBAPP_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES("Webapp Global Configuration Properties"),
     SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES("/etc/gu/ Webapp Systems Configuration Properties"),
-    DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES("~/etc/gu/ DEV Webapp Systems Configuration Properties"),
-    INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES("/etc/gu/installations.properties Installation Properties");
+    DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES("~/etc/gu/ DEV Webapp Systems Configuration Properties");
 
     private String description;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesBuilder.java b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesBuilder.java
index a6e37cf..76ff3a7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ public PropertiesBuilder source(PropertiesSource source) {
         return this;
     }
 
-    public PropertiesBuilder installationProperties() {
-        return source(PropertiesSource.INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES);
-    }
-
     public PropertiesBuilder devOverrideSystemWebappProperties() {
         return source(PropertiesSource.DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoaderTest.java
index 9de374c..59ca29c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesLoaderTest.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ public class PropertiesLoaderTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws IOException {
-        loader = new PropertiesLoader(fileLoader);
-
         // INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES
         Properties properties = new PropertiesBuilder()
             .property("source", "installation.properties")
@@ -57,6 +55,8 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException {
             .property("source", "webapp.stage.properties")
             .toProperties();
         when(fileLoader.getPropertiesFromResource("/conf/domain.gnl.properties")).thenReturn(properties);
+
+        loader = new PropertiesLoader(fileLoader);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ public void shouldReadStage() throws IOException {
 	}
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldLoadInstallationProperties() {
+    public void shouldIncludeInstallationPropertiesInConfiguration() {
         List<PropertiesWithSource> propertiesList = loader.getProperties("webapp", "/conf");
-        PropertiesWithSource properties = getPropertiesWithSource(propertiesList, INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES);
 
-        assertThat(properties, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(loader.getStage(), is("DEV"));
-        assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("source"), is("installation.properties"));
-        assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("no-property"), nullValue());
+        for (PropertiesWithSource properties : propertiesList) {
+            assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("source"), not("installation.properties"));
+            assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("int.service.domain"), nullValue());
+            assertThat(properties.getStringProperty("stage"), nullValue());
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public void shouldNotLoadDevOverrideSystemWebappPropertiesIfNotDevStage() {
             .toProperties();
         when(fileLoader.getPropertiesFromFile("/etc/gu/installation.properties")).thenReturn(installation);
 
+        loader = new PropertiesLoader(fileLoader);
+
         List<PropertiesWithSource> propertiesList = loader.getProperties("webapp", "/conf");
         PropertiesWithSource properties = getPropertiesWithSource(propertiesList, DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSourceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSourceTest.java
index d4eb178..39ceecd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/gu/conf/PropertiesSourceTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public class PropertiesSourceTest {
 
     @Test
 	public void shouldCompareInPrecendenceOrder() {
-		assertThat(INSTALLATION_PROPERTIES.compareTo(DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES), greaterThan(0));
 		assertThat(DEV_SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES.compareTo(SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES), greaterThan(0));
 		assertThat(SYSTEM_WEBAPP_PROPERTIES.compareTo(WEBAPP_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES), greaterThan(0));
 		assertThat(WEBAPP_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES.compareTo(WEBAPP_STAGE_PROPERTIES), greaterThan(0));