1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tests/plugins/pipeline.py b/tests/plugins/pipeline.py
index c659aa34e..a77dcd1d2 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/pipeline.py
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ from buildstream._context import Context
 from buildstream._project import Project
 from buildstream._exceptions import PluginError
 from buildstream._pipeline import Pipeline
-from buildstream._platform import Platform
-
-from tests.testutils.site import HAVE_ROOT
 
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
@@ -18,15 +15,17 @@ DATA_DIR = os.path.join(
 def create_pipeline(tmpdir, basedir, target):
     context = Context([])
     project = Project(basedir, context)
-
     context.deploydir = os.path.join(str(tmpdir), 'deploy')
     context.artifactdir = os.path.join(str(tmpdir), 'artifact')
-    context._platform = Platform.get_platform()
+
+    def dummy_handler(message, context):
+        pass
+
+    context._set_message_handler(dummy_handler)
 
     return Pipeline(context, project, [target], [])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAVE_ROOT, reason="requires root permissions")
 @pytest.mark.datafiles(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'customsource'))
 def test_customsource(datafiles, tmpdir):
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ def test_customsource(datafiles, tmpdir):
     assert(pipeline.targets[0].get_kind() == "autotools")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAVE_ROOT, reason="requires root permissions")
 @pytest.mark.datafiles(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'customelement'))
 def test_customelement(datafiles, tmpdir):
 
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ def test_customelement(datafiles, tmpdir):
     assert(pipeline.targets[0].get_kind() == "foo")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAVE_ROOT, reason="requires root permissions")
 @pytest.mark.datafiles(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'badversionsource'))
 def test_badversionsource(datafiles, tmpdir):
     basedir = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname, datafiles.basename)
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ def test_badversionsource(datafiles, tmpdir):
         pipeline = create_pipeline(tmpdir, basedir, 'simple.bst')
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAVE_ROOT, reason="requires root permissions")
 @pytest.mark.datafiles(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'badversionelement'))
 def test_badversionelement(datafiles, tmpdir):
     basedir = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname, datafiles.basename)