diff --git a/acceptance/tests/node/check_woy_cache_works.rb b/acceptance/tests/node/check_woy_cache_works.rb
index 02b79f3d9..9b68a3ad3 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/node/check_woy_cache_works.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/node/check_woy_cache_works.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,37 @@
 test_name "ticket #16753 node data should be cached in yaml to allow it to be queried"
 
 require 'securerandom'
 require 'puppet/acceptance/temp_file_utils'
 require 'yaml'
 extend Puppet::Acceptance::TempFileUtils
 
 node_name = "woy_node_#{SecureRandom.hex}"
 auth_contents = <<AUTHCONF
 path /catalog/#{node_name}
 auth yes
 allow *
 
 path /node/#{node_name}
 auth yes
 allow *
 AUTHCONF
 
-routes_contents = YAML.dump({
-  "node" => {
-    "node" => {
-      "terminus" => "yaml",
-      "cache" => "yaml"
-    }
-  }
-})
-
 initialize_temp_dirs
 
 create_test_file master, "auth.conf", auth_contents, {}
-create_test_file master, "routes.conf", routes_contents, {}
 
 authfile = get_test_file_path master, "auth.conf"
-routes = get_test_file_path master, "routes.conf"
 
 on master, "chmod 644 #{authfile}"
 with_master_running_on(master, "--rest_authconfig #{authfile} --daemonize --dns_alt_names=\"puppet, $(facter hostname), $(facter fqdn)\" --autosign true") do
 
   # only one agent is needed because we only care about the file written on the master
   run_agent_on(agents[0], "--no-daemonize --verbose --onetime --node_name_value #{node_name} --server #{master}")
 
 
-  yamldir = on(master, puppet("master", "--configprint", "yamldir")).stdout.chomp
-  on master, puppet('node', 'search', '"*"', "--route_file", routes, '--clientyamldir', yamldir) do
+  yamldir = on(master, puppet('master', '--configprint', 'yamldir')).stdout.chomp
+  on master, puppet('node', 'search', '"*"', '--node_terminus', 'yaml', '--clientyamldir', yamldir) do
     assert_match(/"name":["\s]*#{node_name}/, stdout,
                  "Expect node name '#{node_name}' to be present in node yaml content written by the WriteOnlyYaml terminus")
   end
 end