diff --git a/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestTestCase.java b/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestTestCase.java
index 8e8cf47aaa..17aa63b06b 100644
--- a/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestTestCase.java
+++ b/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestTestCase.java
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.wicketstuff.rest.utils.test;
 
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-import org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WebApplication;
 import org.apache.wicket.util.tester.WicketTestCase;
+import org.wicketstuff.rest.utils.http.HttpMethod;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -30,17 +28,12 @@
  */
 public class RestTestCase extends WicketTestCase 
 {
-	
-	@Override
-	protected RestWicketTester newWicketTester(WebApplication app) 
+	protected void assertUrlResponse(final String url, final HttpMethod httpMethod, 
+			final String expectedResponse) 
 	{
-		return new RestWicketTester(app) 
-		{
-			@Override
-			protected Locale servletRequestLocale() 
-			{
-				return Locale.US;
-			}
-		};
+		tester.getRequest().setMethod(httpMethod.getMethod());
+		tester.executeUrl(url);
+		
+		assertEquals(expectedResponse, tester.getLastResponseAsString());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestWicketTester.java b/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestWicketTester.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 04ede5a4d9..0000000000
--- a/wicketstuff-rest-utils/src/main/java/org/wicketstuff/rest/utils/test/RestWicketTester.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- *  limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.wicketstuff.rest.utils.test;
-
-import org.apache.wicket.Page;
-import org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WebApplication;
-import org.apache.wicket.util.tester.WicketTester;
-import org.wicketstuff.rest.utils.http.HttpMethod;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-
-
-public class RestWicketTester extends WicketTester 
-{
-	
-	public RestWicketTester() 
-	{
-		super();
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(Class<? extends Page> homePage) 
-	{
-		super(homePage);
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(WebApplication application, boolean init) 
-	{
-		super(application, init);
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(WebApplication application, ServletContext servletCtx, boolean init) 
-	{
-		super(application, servletCtx, init);
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(WebApplication application, ServletContext servletCtx)
-	{
-		super(application, servletCtx);
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(WebApplication application, String path) 
-	{
-		super(application, path);
-	}
-
-	public RestWicketTester(WebApplication application) 
-	{
-		super(application);
-	}
-	
-	public void executeUrl(HttpMethod httpMethod, String url) 
-	{
-		getRequest().setMethod(httpMethod.getMethod());
-		executeUrl(url);
-	}
-	
-}