diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
index 798b797..22029b9 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
       context "with a valid HTTP authentication" do
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!(:password => 'my_password', :password_confirmation => 'my_password')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
-          get "/news.xml", nil, :authorization => @authorization
+          get "/news.xml", nil, :authorization => credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
         end
 
         should_respond_with :unauthorized
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ class ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!
           @token = Token.generate!(:user => @user, :action => 'api')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@token.value, 'X')
-          get "/news.xml", nil, :authorization => @authorization
+          get "/news.xml", nil, :authorization => credentials(@token.value, 'X')
         end
 
         should_respond_with :unauthorized
@@ -86,8 +84,7 @@ class ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
       context "with a valid HTTP authentication" do
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!(:password => 'my_password', :password_confirmation => 'my_password')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
-          get "/news.json", nil, :authorization => @authorization
+          get "/news.json", nil, :authorization => credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
         end
 
         should_respond_with :unauthorized
@@ -101,8 +98,7 @@ class ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!
           @token = Token.generate!(:user => @user, :action => 'api')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@token.value, 'DoesNotMatter')
-          get "/news.json", nil, :authorization => @authorization
+          get "/news.json", nil, :authorization => credentials(@token.value, 'DoesNotMatter')
         end
 
         should_respond_with :unauthorized
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index c0947ef..16afd6a 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
       context "with a valid HTTP authentication" do
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!(:password => 'my_password', :password_confirmation => 'my_password', :admin => true) # Admin so they can access the project
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
-          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => @authorization})
+          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')})
         end
 
         should_respond_with success_code
@@ -258,8 +257,7 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
       context "with an invalid HTTP authentication" do
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@user.login, 'wrong_password')
-          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => @authorization})
+          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => credentials(@user.login, 'wrong_password')})
         end
 
         should_respond_with failure_code
@@ -301,8 +299,7 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!(:admin => true)
           @token = Token.generate!(:user => @user, :action => 'api')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@token.value, 'X')
-          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => @authorization})
+          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => credentials(@token.value, 'X')})
         end
 
         should_respond_with success_code
@@ -317,8 +314,7 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
         setup do
           @user = User.generate_with_protected!
           @token = Token.generate!(:user => @user, :action => 'feeds')
-          @authorization = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(@token.value, 'X')
-          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => @authorization})
+          send(http_method, url, parameters, {:authorization => credentials(@token.value, 'X')})
         end
 
         should_respond_with failure_code