diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/should_not_change_the_system.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/should_not_change_the_system.rb
index 579a5ee0b..f628097b1 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/should_not_change_the_system.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/should_not_change_the_system.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 test_name "`puppet resource service` should list running services without changing the system"
 
 confine :except, :platform => 'windows'
 confine :except, :platform => 'solaris'
 
 
-hosts.each do |host|
+agents.each do |agent|
   step "list running services and make sure ssh reports running"
 
-  on host, 'puppet resource service'
+  on agent, 'puppet resource service'
   assert_match /service { 'ssh[^']*':\n\s*ensure\s*=>\s*'(?:true|running)'/, stdout, "ssh is not running"
   expected_output = stdout
 
   step "make sure nothing on the system was changed and ssh is still running"
 
-  on host, 'puppet resource service'
+  on agent, 'puppet resource service'
 
   # It's possible that `puppet resource service` changed the system before
   # printing output the *first* time, so in addition to comparing the output,
   # we also want to check that a known service is in a good state. We use ssh
   # because our tests run over ssh, so it must be present.
   assert_match /service { 'ssh[^']*':\n\s*ensure\s*=>\s*'(?:true|running)'/, stdout, "ssh is no longer running"
   assert_equal expected_output, stdout, "`puppet resource service` changed the state of the system"
 end