diff --git a/tests/backends/base/stored_playlists.py b/tests/backends/base/stored_playlists.py
index 630898de..ef5806ef 100644
--- a/tests/backends/base/stored_playlists.py
+++ b/tests/backends/base/stored_playlists.py
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ from tests import SkipTest, data_folder
 
 class BaseStoredPlaylistsControllerTest(object):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.original_playlist_folder = settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_FOLDER
-        self.original_tag_cache = settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE
-        self.original_music_folder = settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER
-
         settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_FOLDER = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE = data_folder('library_tag_cache')
         settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER = data_folder('')
@@ -27,9 +23,7 @@ class BaseStoredPlaylistsControllerTest(object):
         if os.path.exists(settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_FOLDER):
             shutil.rmtree(settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_FOLDER)
 
-        settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_FOLDER = self.original_playlist_folder
-        settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE = self.original_tag_cache
-        settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER = self.original_music_folder
+        settings.runtime.clear()
 
     def test_create(self):
         playlist = self.stored.create('test')
diff --git a/tests/backends/local/current_playlist_test.py b/tests/backends/local/current_playlist_test.py
index 01354a06..3895497a 100644
--- a/tests/backends/local/current_playlist_test.py
+++ b/tests/backends/local/current_playlist_test.py
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ class LocalCurrentPlaylistControllerTest(BaseCurrentPlaylistControllerTest,
         for i in range(1, 4)]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.original_backends = settings.BACKENDS
         settings.BACKENDS = ('mopidy.backends.local.LocalBackend',)
         super(LocalCurrentPlaylistControllerTest, self).setUp()
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(LocalCurrentPlaylistControllerTest, self).tearDown()
-        settings.BACKENDS = settings.original_backends
+        settings.runtime.clear()
diff --git a/tests/backends/local/library_test.py b/tests/backends/local/library_test.py
index 75751e3d..c0605ef2 100644
--- a/tests/backends/local/library_test.py
+++ b/tests/backends/local/library_test.py
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ class LocalLibraryControllerTest(BaseLibraryControllerTest, unittest.TestCase):
     backend_class = LocalBackend
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.original_tag_cache = settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE
-        self.original_music_folder = settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER
-
         settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE = data_folder('library_tag_cache')
         settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER = data_folder('')
 
         super(LocalLibraryControllerTest, self).setUp()
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE = self.original_tag_cache
-        settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_FOLDER = self.original_music_folder
+        settings.runtime.clear()
 
         super(LocalLibraryControllerTest, self).tearDown()
diff --git a/tests/backends/local/playback_test.py b/tests/backends/local/playback_test.py
index 4a385a9d..a84dfcde 100644
--- a/tests/backends/local/playback_test.py
+++ b/tests/backends/local/playback_test.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class LocalPlaybackControllerTest(BasePlaybackControllerTest,
         for i in range(1, 4)]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.original_backends = settings.BACKENDS
         settings.BACKENDS = ('mopidy.backends.local.LocalBackend',)
 
         super(LocalPlaybackControllerTest, self).setUp()
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ class LocalPlaybackControllerTest(BasePlaybackControllerTest,
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(LocalPlaybackControllerTest, self).tearDown()
-        settings.BACKENDS = settings.original_backends
+        settings.runtime.clear()
 
     def add_track(self, path):
         uri = path_to_uri(data_folder(path))
diff --git a/tests/outputs/gstreamer_test.py b/tests/outputs/gstreamer_test.py
index b380197d..31d90b2a 100644
--- a/tests/outputs/gstreamer_test.py
+++ b/tests/outputs/gstreamer_test.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from tests import data_folder
 
 class GStreamerOutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.original_backends = settings.BACKENDS
         settings.BACKENDS = ('mopidy.backends.local.LocalBackend',)
         self.song_uri = path_to_uri(data_folder('song1.wav'))
         self.output_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ class GStreamerOutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.output.destroy()
-        settings.BACKENDS = settings.original_backends
+        settings.runtime.clear()
 
     def send_recv(self, message):
         (my_end, other_end) = multiprocessing.Pipe()
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ class GStreamerOutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
         my_end.poll(None)
         return my_end.recv()
 
-
     def send(self, message):
         self.output_queue.put(message)