diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/SimpleRemoteSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/LookupRemoteActorSpec.scala
similarity index 77%
rename from akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/SimpleRemoteSpec.scala
rename to akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/LookupRemoteActorSpec.scala
index dcc4b60526..797ff97ecd 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/SimpleRemoteSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/LookupRemoteActorSpec.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
 import akka.testkit._
 
-object SimpleRemoteMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+object LookupRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 
   class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
     def receive = {
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ object SimpleRemoteMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 
 }
 
-class SimpleRemoteMultiJvmNode1 extends SimpleRemoteSpec
-class SimpleRemoteMultiJvmNode2 extends SimpleRemoteSpec
+class LookupRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends LookupRemoteActorSpec
+class LookupRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends LookupRemoteActorSpec
 
-class SimpleRemoteSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(SimpleRemoteMultiJvmSpec)
+class LookupRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(LookupRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
   with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
-  import SimpleRemoteMultiJvmSpec._
+  import LookupRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
 
   def initialParticipants = 2
 
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorSpec.scala
similarity index 83%
rename from akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
rename to akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorSpec.scala
index 294bc80884..4342a20178 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorSpec.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
 import akka.testkit._
 
-object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+object NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 
   class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
     def receive = {
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val slave = role("slave")
 
   deployOn(master, """/service-hello.remote = "@slave@" """)
-  
+
   deployOnAll("""/service-hello2.remote = "@slave@" """)
 }
 
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends DirectRoutedRemoteActorSpec
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends DirectRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends NewRemoteActorSpec
+class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends NewRemoteActorSpec
 
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
+class NewRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
   with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
-  import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+  import NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
 
   def initialParticipants = 2
 
-  "A new remote actor configured with a Direct router" must {
+  "A new remote actor" must {
     "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
 
       runOn(master) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/QuietReporter.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/QuietReporter.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/QuietReporter.scala
rename to akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/QuietReporter.scala
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87bae463ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.remote.router
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.dispatch.Await
+import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.routing.Broadcast
+import akka.routing.RandomRouter
+import akka.routing.RoutedActorRef
+import akka.testkit._
+
+object RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+
+  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
+    def receive = {
+      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
+      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+  val fourth = role("fourth")
+
+  commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false))
+
+  deployOnAll("""
+      /service-hello.router = "random"
+      /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
+      /service-hello.target.nodes = ["@first@", "@second@", "@third@"]
+    """)
+}
+
+class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+
+class RandomRoutedRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
+  with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
+  import RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  def initialParticipants = 4
+
+  "A new remote actor configured with a Random router" must {
+    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
+
+      runOn(first, second, third) {
+        testConductor.enter("start", "broadcast-end", "end", "done")
+      }
+
+      runOn(fourth) {
+        testConductor.enter("start")
+        val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RandomRouter()), "service-hello")
+        actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
+
+        val connectionCount = 3
+        val iterationCount = 10
+
+        var replies = Map(
+          node(first).address -> 0,
+          node(second).address -> 0,
+          node(third).address -> 0)
+
+        for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
+          for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
+            val nodeAddress = Await.result(actor ? "hit", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address
+            replies = replies + (nodeAddress -> (replies(nodeAddress) + 1))
+          }
+        }
+
+        testConductor.enter("broadcast-end")
+        actor ! Broadcast("end")
+
+        testConductor.enter("end")
+        replies.values foreach { _ must be > (0) }
+
+        // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
+        // "Terminate" to a shut down node
+        system.stop(actor)
+        testConductor.enter("done")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48026af375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.remote.router
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.dispatch.Await
+import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.routing.Broadcast
+import akka.routing.RoundRobinRouter
+import akka.routing.RoutedActorRef
+import akka.testkit._
+
+object RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+
+  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
+    def receive = {
+      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
+      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+  val fourth = role("fourth")
+
+  commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false))
+
+  deployOnAll("""
+      /service-hello.router = "round-robin"
+      /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
+      /service-hello.target.nodes = ["@first@", "@second@", "@third@"]
+    """)
+}
+
+class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+
+class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
+  with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
+  import RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  def initialParticipants = 4
+
+  "A new remote actor configured with a RoundRobin router" must {
+    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
+
+      runOn(first, second, third) {
+        testConductor.enter("start", "broadcast-end", "end", "done")
+      }
+
+      runOn(fourth) {
+        testConductor.enter("start")
+        val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter()), "service-hello")
+        actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
+
+        val connectionCount = 3
+        val iterationCount = 10
+
+        var replies = Map(
+          node(first).address -> 0,
+          node(second).address -> 0,
+          node(third).address -> 0)
+
+        for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
+          for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
+            val nodeAddress = Await.result(actor ? "hit", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address
+            replies = replies + (nodeAddress -> (replies(nodeAddress) + 1))
+          }
+        }
+
+        testConductor.enter("broadcast-end")
+        actor ! Broadcast("end")
+
+        testConductor.enter("end")
+        replies.values foreach { _ must be(10) }
+
+        // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
+        // "Terminate" to a shut down node
+        system.stop(actor)
+        testConductor.enter("done")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7afa86d22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.remote.router
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.dispatch.Await
+import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.routing.Broadcast
+import akka.routing.ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter
+import akka.routing.RoutedActorRef
+import akka.testkit._
+import akka.util.duration._
+
+object ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+
+  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
+    def receive = {
+      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
+      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+  val fourth = role("fourth")
+
+  commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false))
+
+  deployOnAll("""
+      /service-hello.router = "scatter-gather"
+      /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
+      /service-hello.target.nodes = ["@first@", "@second@", "@third@"]
+    """)
+}
+
+class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec
+
+class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec)
+  with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
+  import ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  def initialParticipants = 4
+
+  "A new remote actor configured with a ScatterGatherFirstCompleted router" must {
+    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
+
+      runOn(first, second, third) {
+        testConductor.enter("start", "broadcast-end", "end", "done")
+      }
+
+      runOn(fourth) {
+        testConductor.enter("start")
+        val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(within = 10 seconds)), "service-hello")
+        actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
+
+        val connectionCount = 3
+        val iterationCount = 10
+
+        for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
+          for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
+            actor ! "hit"
+          }
+        }
+
+        val replies = (receiveWhile(5 seconds, messages = connectionCount * iterationCount) {
+          case ref: ActorRef ⇒ (ref.path.address, 1)
+        }).foldLeft(Map(node(first).address -> 0, node(second).address -> 0, node(third).address -> 0)) {
+          case (m, (n, c)) ⇒ m + (n -> (m(n) + c))
+        }
+
+        testConductor.enter("broadcast-end")
+        actor ! Broadcast("end")
+
+        testConductor.enter("end")
+        replies.values.sum must be === connectionCount * iterationCount
+
+        // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
+        // "Terminate" to a shut down node
+        system.stop(actor)
+        testConductor.enter("done")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/TestConductorSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/TestConductorSpec.scala
index df6388d562..1d58b48a00 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/TestConductorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/TestConductorSpec.scala
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
  */
 package akka.remote.testconductor
 
-import akka.remote.AkkaRemoteSpec
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import akka.remote.AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec
 import akka.actor.Props
 import akka.actor.Actor
 import akka.dispatch.Await
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 
 object TestConductorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false))
-  
+
   val master = role("master")
   val slave = role("slave")
 }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index ca4313b56b..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import com.typesafe.config.{Config, ConfigFactory}
-import akka.actor.Address
-
-trait AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  def NrOfNodes: Int
-  def commonConfig: Config
-
-  def PortRangeStart = 1990
-  def NodeRange = 1 to NrOfNodes
-
-  private[this] val remotes: IndexedSeq[String] = {
-    val nodesOpt = Option(AkkaRemoteSpec.testNodes).map(_.split(",").toIndexedSeq)
-    nodesOpt getOrElse IndexedSeq.fill(NrOfNodes)("localhost")
-  }
-
-  val nodeConfigs = (NodeRange.toList zip remotes) map {
-    case (port, host) =>
-      ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-        akka {
-          remote.netty.hostname="%s"
-          remote.netty.port = "%d"
-        }""".format(host, PortRangeStart + port, port)) withFallback commonConfig
-  }
-
-  def akkaSpec(port: Int) = "AkkaRemoteSpec@%s:%d".format(remotes(port), PortRangeStart + 1 + port)
-  def akkaURIs(count: Int): String = 0 until count map {idx => "\"akka://" + akkaSpec(idx) + "\""} mkString ","
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index c1a2109bc0..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.testkit._
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigParseOptions
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigResolveOptions
-import java.io.File
-import akka.actor.{ActorSystem, ActorSystemImpl}
-
-object AkkaRemoteSpec {
-  private def configParseOptions = ConfigParseOptions.defaults.setAllowMissing(false)
-
-  val testConf: Config = {
-    System.getProperty("akka.config") match {
-      case null ⇒ AkkaSpec.testConf
-      case location ⇒
-        ConfigFactory.systemProperties
-          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseFileAnySyntax(new File(location), configParseOptions))
-          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.defaultReference(ActorSystem.findClassLoader())).resolve(ConfigResolveOptions.defaults)
-    }
-  }
-
-  val testNodes = System.getProperty("test.hosts")
-}
-
-abstract class AkkaRemoteSpec(config: Config)
-  extends AkkaSpec(config.withFallback(AkkaRemoteSpec.testConf))
-  with MultiJvmSync
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/Barrier.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/Barrier.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index e99fca2a45..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/Barrier.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-
-package akka.remote
-
-trait Barrier {
-  def await() = { enter(); leave() }
-
-  def apply(body: ⇒ Unit) {
-    enter()
-    body
-    leave()
-  }
-
-  def enter(): Unit
-
-  def leave(): Unit
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 3026ddd613..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
-import akka.testkit._
-import akka.dispatch.Await
-import akka.pattern.ask
-
-object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  override def NrOfNodes = 2
-
-  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
-    def receive = {
-      case "identify" ⇒ sender ! self
-    }
-  }
-
-  import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-  override def commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka {
-      loglevel = "WARNING"
-      actor {
-        provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
-        deployment {
-          /service-hello.remote = %s
-        }
-      }
-    }""" format akkaURIs(1))
-}
-
-import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(nodeConfigs(0)) {
-  import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(nodeConfigs(1)) with DefaultTimeout {
-
-  import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-
-  "A new remote actor configured with a Direct router" must {
-    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
-      barrier("start")
-
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor], "service-hello")
-      actor.isInstanceOf[RemoteActorRef] must be(true)
-
-      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address.hostPort must equal(akkaSpec(0))
-
-      // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
-      // "Terminate" to a shut down node
-      system.stop(actor)
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/FileBasedBarrier.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/FileBasedBarrier.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index a1773fc86e..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/FileBasedBarrier.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.util.duration._
-import akka.util.Duration
-import System.{ currentTimeMillis ⇒ now }
-
-import java.io.File
-
-class BarrierTimeoutException(message: String) extends RuntimeException(message)
-
-object FileBasedBarrier {
-  val HomeDir = ".multi-jvm"
-  val DefaultTimeout = 30.seconds
-  val DefaultSleep = 100.millis
-}
-
-import FileBasedBarrier._
-
-class FileBasedBarrier(
-  name: String,
-  count: Int,
-  group: String,
-  node: String,
-  timeout: Duration = FileBasedBarrier.DefaultTimeout,
-  sleep: Duration = FileBasedBarrier.DefaultSleep) extends Barrier {
-
-  val barrierDir = {
-    val dir = new File(new File(new File(FileBasedBarrier.HomeDir), group), name)
-    dir.mkdirs()
-    dir
-  }
-
-  val nodeFile = new File(barrierDir, node)
-
-  val readyFile = new File(barrierDir, "ready")
-
-  def enter() = {
-    createNode()
-    if (nodesPresent >= count) createReady()
-    val ready = waitFor(readyFile.exists, timeout, sleep)
-    if (!ready) expire("entry")
-  }
-
-  def leave() = {
-    removeNode()
-    val empty = waitFor(nodesPresent <= 1, timeout, sleep)
-    removeReady()
-    if (!empty) expire("exit")
-  }
-
-  def nodesPresent = barrierDir.list.size
-
-  def createNode() = nodeFile.createNewFile()
-
-  def removeNode() = nodeFile.delete()
-
-  def createReady() = readyFile.createNewFile()
-
-  def removeReady() = readyFile.delete()
-
-  def waitFor(test: ⇒ Boolean, timeout: Duration, sleep: Duration): Boolean = {
-    val start = now
-    val limit = start + timeout.toMillis
-    var passed = test
-    var expired = false
-    while (!passed && !expired) {
-      if (now > limit) expired = true
-      else {
-        Thread.sleep(sleep.toMillis)
-        passed = test
-      }
-    }
-    passed
-  }
-
-  def expire(barrier: String) = {
-    throw new BarrierTimeoutException("Timeout (%s) waiting for %s barrier" format (timeout, barrier))
-  }
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/MultiJvmSync.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/MultiJvmSync.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index c1e6080e6e..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/MultiJvmSync.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
-import akka.util.Duration
-
-trait MultiJvmSync extends AkkaSpec {
-  def nodes: Int
-
-  override def atStartup() = {
-    onStart()
-    MultiJvmSync.start(getClass.getName, nodes)
-  }
-
-  def onStart() {}
-
-  override def atTermination() = {
-    MultiJvmSync.end(getClass.getName, nodes)
-    onEnd()
-  }
-
-  def onEnd() {}
-
-  def barrier(name: String, timeout: Duration = FileBasedBarrier.DefaultTimeout) = {
-    MultiJvmSync.barrier(name, nodes, getClass.getName, timeout)
-  }
-}
-
-object MultiJvmSync {
-  val TestMarker = "MultiJvm"
-  val StartBarrier = "multi-jvm-start"
-  val EndBarrier = "multi-jvm-end"
-
-  def start(className: String, count: Int) = barrier(StartBarrier, count, className)
-
-  def end(className: String, count: Int) = barrier(EndBarrier, count, className)
-
-  def barrier(name: String, count: Int, className: String, timeout: Duration = FileBasedBarrier.DefaultTimeout) = {
-    val Array(testName, nodeName) = className split TestMarker
-    val barrier = if (AkkaRemoteSpec.testNodes eq null)
-      new FileBasedBarrier(name, count, testName, nodeName, timeout)
-    else
-      new ZkClient.ZkBarrier(nodeName, count, "/" + testName + "_" + name)
-    barrier.await()
-  }
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index c3dc1ae9de..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
-import akka.testkit._
-import akka.dispatch.Await
-import akka.pattern.ask
-
-object NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  override def NrOfNodes = 2
-
-  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
-    def receive = {
-      case "identify" ⇒ sender ! self
-    }
-  }
-
-  import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-  override def commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka {
-      loglevel = "WARNING"
-      actor {
-        provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
-        deployment {
-          /service-hello.remote = %s
-        }
-      }
-    }""" format akkaURIs(1))
-}
-
-class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
-
-  import NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(1)) with DefaultTimeout {
-
-  import NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-
-  "A new remote actor" must {
-    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
-      barrier("start")
-
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor], "service-hello")
-      Await.result(actor ? "identify", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address.hostPort must equal(akkaSpec(0))
-
-      // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
-      // "Terminate" to a shut down node
-      system.stop(actor)
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b2b233dee..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
-import akka.routing._
-import akka.testkit.DefaultTimeout
-import akka.dispatch.Await
-import akka.pattern.ask
-
-object RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  override def NrOfNodes = 4
-  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
-    def receive = {
-      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
-      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
-    }
-  }
-
-  import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-  override def commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka {
-      loglevel = "WARNING"
-      actor {
-        provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
-        deployment {
-          /service-hello.router = "random"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
-        }
-      }
-    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
-}
-
-class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
-  import RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(1)) {
-  import RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(2)) {
-  import RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(3)) with DefaultTimeout {
-  import RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "A new remote actor configured with a Random router" must {
-    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
-
-      barrier("start")
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RandomRouter()), "service-hello")
-      actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
-
-      val connectionCount = NrOfNodes - 1
-      val iterationCount = 10
-
-      var replies = Map(
-        akkaSpec(0) -> 0,
-        akkaSpec(1) -> 0,
-        akkaSpec(2) -> 0)
-
-      for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
-        for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
-          val nodeName = Await.result(actor ? "hit", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address.hostPort
-          replies = replies + (nodeName -> (replies(nodeName) + 1))
-        }
-      }
-
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      actor ! Broadcast("end")
-
-      barrier("end")
-      replies.values foreach { _ must be > (0) }
-
-      // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
-      // "Terminate" to a shut down node
-      system.stop(actor)
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index c84aa46366..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
-import akka.routing._
-import akka.testkit.DefaultTimeout
-import akka.dispatch.Await
-import akka.pattern.ask
-
-object RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  override def NrOfNodes = 4
-
-  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
-    def receive = {
-      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
-      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
-    }
-  }
-
-  import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-  override def commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka {
-      loglevel = "WARNING"
-      actor {
-        provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
-        deployment {
-          /service-hello.router = "round-robin"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
-        }
-      }
-    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
-}
-
-class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
-  import RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(1)) {
-  import RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(2)) {
-  import RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(3)) with DefaultTimeout {
-  import RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "A new remote actor configured with a RoundRobin router" must {
-    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
-
-      barrier("start")
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter()), "service-hello")
-      actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
-
-      val connectionCount = NrOfNodes - 1
-      val iterationCount = 10
-
-      var replies = Map(
-        akkaSpec(0) -> 0,
-        akkaSpec(1) -> 0,
-        akkaSpec(2) -> 0)
-
-      for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
-        for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
-          val nodeName = Await.result(actor ? "hit", timeout.duration).asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address.hostPort
-
-          replies = replies + (nodeName -> (replies(nodeName) + 1))
-        }
-      }
-
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      actor ! Broadcast("end")
-
-      barrier("end")
-      replies.values foreach { _ must be(10) }
-
-      // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
-      // "Terminate" to a shut down node
-      system.stop(actor)
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index b618300ff2..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-package akka.remote
-
-import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
-import akka.routing._
-import akka.testkit._
-import akka.util.duration._
-
-object ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
-  override def NrOfNodes = 4
-  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
-    def receive = {
-      case "hit" ⇒ sender ! self
-      case "end" ⇒ context.stop(self)
-    }
-  }
-
-  import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-  override def commonConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka {
-      loglevel = "WARNING"
-      actor {
-        provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
-        deployment {
-          /service-hello.router = "scatter-gather"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
-        }
-      }
-    }""" format (3, akkaURIs(3)))
-}
-
-class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
-  import ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(1)) {
-  import ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode3 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(2)) {
-  import ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "___" must {
-    "___" in {
-      barrier("start")
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      barrier("end")
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(3))
-  with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
-  import ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
-  val nodes = NrOfNodes
-  "A new remote actor configured with a ScatterGather router" must {
-    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
-
-      barrier("start")
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(within = 10 seconds)), "service-hello")
-      actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
-
-      val connectionCount = NrOfNodes - 1
-      val iterationCount = 10
-
-      for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
-        for (k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
-          actor ! "hit"
-        }
-      }
-
-      val replies = (receiveWhile(5 seconds, messages = connectionCount * iterationCount) {
-        case ref: ActorRef ⇒ (ref.path.address.hostPort, 1)
-      }).foldLeft(Map(akkaSpec(0) -> 0, akkaSpec(1) -> 0, akkaSpec(2) -> 0)) {
-        case (m, (n, c)) ⇒ m + (n -> (m(n) + c))
-      }
-
-      barrier("broadcast-end")
-      actor ! Broadcast("end")
-
-      barrier("end")
-      replies.values.sum must be === connectionCount * iterationCount
-
-      barrier("done")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ZKClient.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ZKClient.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 611478babb..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ZKClient.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Typesafe <http://typesafe.com/>
- */
-package akka.remote
-
-import org.apache.zookeeper._
-import ZooDefs.Ids
-
-object ZkClient extends Watcher {
-  // Don't forget to close!
-  lazy val zk: ZooKeeper = {
-    val remoteNodes = AkkaRemoteSpec.testNodes split ','
-
-    // ZkServers are configured to listen on a specific port.
-    val connectString = remoteNodes map (_+":2181") mkString ","
-    new ZooKeeper(connectString, 3000, this)
-  }
-
-  def process(ev: WatchedEvent) {
-    synchronized { notify() }
-  }
-
-  class ZkBarrier(name: String, count: Int, root: String) extends Barrier {
-    @annotation.tailrec
-    private def waitForServer() {
-      // SI-1672
-      val r = try {
-        zk.exists("/", false)
-        true
-      } catch {
-        case _: KeeperException.ConnectionLossException =>
-          Thread.sleep(10000)
-          false
-      }
-      if (!r) waitForServer()
-    }
-    waitForServer()
-
-    try zk.create(root, Array[Byte](), Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, CreateMode.PERSISTENT) catch {
-      case _: KeeperException.NodeExistsException =>
-    }
-
-    val timeoutMs = 300*1000
-
-    private def block(num: Int) {
-      val start = System.currentTimeMillis
-      while (true) {
-        if (System.currentTimeMillis - start > timeoutMs) throw new InterruptedException("Timed out blocking in zk")
-        ZkClient.this.synchronized {
-          val children = zk.getChildren(root, true)
-          if (children.size < num) {
-            ZkClient.this.wait(timeoutMs)
-          } else
-            return
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    def enter() {
-      zk.create(root + "/" + name, Array[Byte](), Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, CreateMode.EPHEMERAL)
-      block(count)
-    }
-
-    final def leave() {
-      zk.create(root + "/" + name + ".leave", Array[Byte](), Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, CreateMode.EPHEMERAL)
-      block(2*count)
-    }
-  }
-
-  def barrier(name: String, count: Int, root: String) = new ZkBarrier(name, count, root)
-}
diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 7962bb6a29..e427255782 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -82,23 +82,17 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
     id = "akka-remote",
     base = file("akka-remote"),
     dependencies = Seq(actor, actorTests % "test->test", testkit % "test->test"),
-    settings = defaultSettings ++ multiJvmSettings ++ OSGi.remote ++ Seq(
+    settings = defaultSettings ++ OSGi.remote ++ Seq(
       libraryDependencies ++= Dependencies.remote,
       // disable parallel tests
-      parallelExecution in Test := false,
-      extraOptions in MultiJvm <<= (sourceDirectory in MultiJvm) { src =>
-        (name: String) => (src ** (name + ".conf")).get.headOption.map("-Dakka.config=" + _.absolutePath).toSeq
-      },
-      scalatestOptions in MultiJvm := defaultMultiJvmScalatestOptions,
-      jvmOptions in MultiJvm := defaultMultiJvmOptions,
-      test in Test <<= ((test in Test), (test in MultiJvm)) map { case x => x }
+      parallelExecution in Test := false
     )
-  ) configs (MultiJvm)
+  )
 
   lazy val remoteTests = Project(
     id = "akka-remote-tests",
     base = file("akka-remote-tests"),
-    dependencies = Seq(remote % "compile;test->test;multi-jvm->multi-jvm", actorTests % "test->test", testkit % "test->test"),
+    dependencies = Seq(remote, actorTests % "test->test", testkit % "test->test"),
     settings = defaultSettings ++ multiJvmSettings ++ Seq(
       // disable parallel tests
       parallelExecution in Test := false,
@@ -415,8 +409,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   )
 
   val remote = Seq(
-    netty, protobuf, Test.junit, Test.scalatest,
-    Test.zookeeper, Test.log4j // needed for ZkBarrier in multi-jvm tests
+    netty, protobuf, Test.junit, Test.scalatest
   )
 
   val cluster = Seq(Test.junit, Test.scalatest)
@@ -482,8 +475,6 @@ object Dependency {
     val scalatest   = "org.scalatest"               % "scalatest_2.9.1"     % V.Scalatest  % "test" // ApacheV2
     val scalacheck  = "org.scala-tools.testing"     % "scalacheck_2.9.1"    % "1.9"        % "test" // New BSD
     val specs2      = "org.specs2"                  % "specs2_2.9.1"        % "1.9"        % "test" // Modified BSD / ApacheV2
-    val zookeeper   = "org.apache.hadoop.zookeeper" % "zookeeper"           % "3.4.0"      % "test" // ApacheV2
-    val log4j       = "log4j"                       % "log4j"               % "1.2.14"     % "test" // ApacheV2
   }
 }