diff --git a/lib/modules/blockchain_connector/index.js b/lib/modules/blockchain_connector/index.js
index 4e95cdec9..28f2a0c30 100644
--- a/lib/modules/blockchain_connector/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/blockchain_connector/index.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class BlockchainConnector {
           .catch(console.error);
         self.provider.fundAccounts(() => {
           self._emitWeb3Ready();
+          cb();
         });
       });
     });
diff --git a/lib/modules/tests/test.js b/lib/modules/tests/test.js
index a033760a5..b7f958e42 100644
--- a/lib/modules/tests/test.js
+++ b/lib/modules/tests/test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 const async = require('async');
-// const Engine = require('../../core/engine.js');
-// const TestLogger = require('./test_logger.js');
-// const Web3 = require('web3');
 const AccountParser = require('../../utils/accountParser');
-// TODO: breaks module isolation; tests need to be refactored to use the engine and avoid this
-const Provider = require('../blockchain_connector/provider.js');
-const utils = require('../../utils/utils');
 
 class Test {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -23,13 +17,6 @@ class Test {
     this.blockchainConnector = null;
     this.provider = null;
     this.accounts = [];
-
-    /*this.engine = new Engine({
-      env: this.options.env || 'test',
-      // TODO: config will need to detect if this is a obj
-      embarkConfig: this.options.embarkConfig || 'embark.json',
-      interceptLogs: false
-    });*/
   }
 
   init(callback) {
@@ -39,47 +26,9 @@ class Test {
       this.blockchainConnector = connector;
       callback();
     });
-
-    /*let self = this;
-    async.waterfall([
-      function initEngine(cb) {
-        self.engine.init({
-          logger: new TestLogger({logLevel: self.options.loglevel})
-        }, cb);
-      },
-      function startServices(cb) {
-        self.versions_default = self.engine.config.contractsConfig.versions;
-        // Reset contract config to nothing to make sure we deploy only what we want
-        self.engine.config.contractsConfig = {
-          contracts: {},
-          versions: self.versions_default
-        };
-
-        self.engine.startService("libraryManager");
-        self.engine.startService("codeRunner");
-        self.initDeployServices();
-        self.engine.startService("codeGenerator");
-        self.engine.startService("codeCoverage");
-
-        if (self.options.node === 'embark') {
-          if (!self.engine.ipc.connected) {
-            self.engine.logger.error("Could not connect to Embark's IPC. Is embark running?");
-            process.exit(1);
-          }
-          return self.connectToIpcNode(cb);
-        }
-        self.showNodeHttpWarning();
-        cb();
-      }
-    ], callback);*/
   }
 
   initWeb3Provider(callback) {
-    const self = this;
-    if (this.provider) {
-      this.provider.stop();
-    }
-
     if (this.simOptions.accounts) {
       this.simOptions.accounts = this.simOptions.accounts.map((account) => {
         if (!account.hexBalance) {
@@ -90,7 +39,7 @@ class Test {
     }
 
     // TODO use event for this
-    if (!this.simOptions.host || (this.options.node && this.options.node === 'vm')) {
+    if (!this.simOptions.host && (this.options.node && this.options.node === 'vm')) {
       this.simOptions.type = 'vm';
     }
     this.configObj.contractsConfig.deployment = this.simOptions;
@@ -98,51 +47,6 @@ class Test {
     this.blockchainConnector.isWeb3Ready = false;
     this.blockchainConnector.wait = false;
 
-    // TODO change this
-    if (this.simOptions.host || (this.options.node && this.options.node !== 'vm')) {
-      let options = this.simOptions;
-      if (this.options.node) {
-        options = utils.deconstructUrl(this.options.node);
-      }
-
-      let {host, port, type, protocol, accounts} = options;
-      if (!protocol) {
-        protocol = (options.type === "rpc") ? 'http' : 'ws';
-      }
-      const endpoint = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}`;
-      const providerOptions = {
-        web3: this.web3,
-        type,
-        accountsConfig: accounts,
-        blockchainConfig: this.configObj.blockchainConfig,
-        logger: this.logger,
-        isDev: false,
-        web3Endpoint: endpoint
-      };
-      self.logger.info(`Connecting to node at ${endpoint}`.cyan);
-
-      return utils.pingEndpoint(host, port, type, protocol, this.configObj.blockchainConfig.wsOrigins.split(',')[0], (err) => {
-        if (err) {
-          self.logger.error(`Error connecting to the node, there might be an error in ${endpoint}`.red);
-          return callback(err);
-        }
-
-        self.provider = new Provider(providerOptions);
-        return self.provider.startWeb3Provider((err) => {
-          if (err) {
-            return callback(err);
-          }
-          callback();
-        });
-      });
-    }
-
-    // if (!this.sim) {
-    //   this.sim = getSimulator();
-    // }
-
-    // let simProvider = this.sim.provider(this.simOptions);
-
     // TODO change this
     /*if (this.options.coverage) {
       // Here we patch the sendAsync method on the provider. The goal behind this is to force pure/constant/view calls to become
@@ -180,8 +84,6 @@ class Test {
     }*/
 
     this.blockchainConnector.initWeb3(callback);
-    // this.web3.setProvider(simProvider);
-    // callback();
   }
 
   /*initDeployServices() {
@@ -276,7 +178,6 @@ class Test {
           return callback(err);
         }
         self.firstRunConfig = false;
-        // self.initDeployServices();
         callback();
       });
     });