diff --git a/spec/unit/ral/types/file.rb b/spec/unit/ral/types/file.rb
index 9ff6dc977..62fe2f677 100755
--- a/spec/unit/ral/types/file.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/ral/types/file.rb
@@ -1,65 +1,62 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/type/file'
 
 describe Puppet::Type::File do
     before do
         @path = Tempfile.new("puppetspec")
         @path.close!()
         @path = @path.path
         @file = Puppet::Type::File.create(:name => @path)
     end
 
     describe "when used with content and replace=>false" do
         before do
             @file[:content] = "foo"
             @file[:replace] = false
         end
 
         it "should be insync if the file exists and the content is different" do
             File.open(@path, "w") do |f| f.puts "bar" end
             @file.property(:content).insync?("bar").should be_true
         end
 
         it "should be insync if the file exists and the content is right" do
             File.open(@path, "w") do |f| f.puts "foo" end
             @file.property(:content).insync?("foo").should be_true
         end
 
         it "should not be insync if the file does not exist" do
             @file.property(:content).insync?(:nil).should be_false
         end
     end
 
     describe "when retrieving remote files" do
         before do
             @filesource = Puppet::Type::File::FileSource.new
             @filesource.server = mock 'fileserver'
 
             @file.stubs(:uri2obj).returns(@filesource)
 
             @file[:source] = "puppet:///test"
         end
 
         it "should fail without writing if it cannot retrieve remote contents" do
             # create the file, because we only get the problem when it starts
             # out absent.
             File.open(@file[:path], "w") { |f| f.puts "a" }
-            Puppet::Util::Log.level = :debug
-            Puppet::Util::Log.newdestination :console
             @file.expects(:write).never
 
-
             @filesource.server.stubs(:describe).returns("493\tfile\t100\t0\t{md5}3f5fef3bddbc4398c46a7bd7ba7b3af7")
             @filesource.server.stubs(:retrieve).raises(RuntimeError)
             @file.property(:source).retrieve
             lambda { @file.property(:source).sync }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
         end
     end
 
     after do
         Puppet::Type::File.clear
     end
 end