diff --git a/tests/test-pywps.cfg b/tests/test-pywps.cfg
index b724583a8..e071d0756 100644
--- a/tests/test-pywps.cfg
+++ b/tests/test-pywps.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[server]
+language=en-US,fr-CA
+
 [logging]
 level=INFO
 file=/tmp/pywps-test.log
diff --git a/tests/test_capabilities.py b/tests/test_capabilities.py
index 1527aa622..98dc8bfe8 100644
--- a/tests/test_capabilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_capabilities.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 import lxml
 import lxml.etree
-from pywps.configuration import CONFIG
+from pywps import configuration
 from pywps.app import Process, Service
 from pywps.app.Common import Metadata
 from pywps import get_ElementMakerForVersion
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ def test_version2(self):
 
 class CapabilitiesTranslationsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
+        configuration.load_configuration()
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
         self.client = client_for(
             Service(
                 processes=[
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
 
     def test_get_translated(self):
         resp = self.client.get('?Request=GetCapabilities&service=wps&language=fr-CA')
diff --git a/tests/test_describe.py b/tests/test_describe.py
index bca5984fb..047aec1a8 100644
--- a/tests/test_describe.py
+++ b/tests/test_describe.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from pywps.app.Common import Metadata
 from pywps.inout.literaltypes import AllowedValue
 from pywps.validator.allowed_value import ALLOWEDVALUETYPE
-from pywps.configuration import CONFIG
+from pywps import configuration
 
 from pywps.tests import assert_pywps_version, client_for
 
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ def test_post_two_args(self):
 class DescribeProcessTranslationsTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
+        configuration.get_config_value('server', 'language')
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
         self.client = client_for(
             Service(
                 processes=[
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
 
     def test_get_describe_translations(self):
         resp = self.client.get('?Request=DescribeProcess&service=wps&version=1.0.0&identifier=all&language=fr-CA')
diff --git a/tests/test_execute.py b/tests/test_execute.py
index fc6d20bab..e1f017768 100644
--- a/tests/test_execute.py
+++ b/tests/test_execute.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from pywps.app.basic import get_xpath_ns
 from pywps._compat import text_type
 from pywps.tests import client_for, assert_response_success
-from pywps.configuration import CONFIG
+from pywps import configuration
 
 from pywps._compat import PY2
 from pywps._compat import StringIO
@@ -503,10 +503,11 @@ def test_output_response_dataType(self):
 class ExecuteTranslationsTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
+        configuration.get_config_value('server', 'language')
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US,fr-CA')
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
+        configuration.CONFIG.set('server', 'language', 'en-US')
 
     def test_translations(self):
         client = client_for(Service(processes=[create_translated_greeter()]))