diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 51bcb0808e..9b1d66dc92 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var runTestFiles = function (filepath, isDirectory, web3) {
       }
 
       async.eachOfLimit(contractsToTest, 1, (contractName, index, cb) => {
-        TestRunner.runTest(web3, contractName, contracts[contractName], testCallback, (err, result) => {
+        TestRunner.runTest(contractName, contracts[contractName], testCallback, (err, result) => {
           if (err) {
             return cb(err)
           }
diff --git a/src/testRunner.js b/src/testRunner.js
index 9265fe325b..fe868c1c2d 100644
--- a/src/testRunner.js
+++ b/src/testRunner.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var async = require('async')
 var changeCase = require('change-case')
+var Web3 = require('web3')
 
 function getAvailableFunctions (jsonInterface) {
   return jsonInterface.reverse().filter((x) => x.type === 'function').map((x) => x.name)
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function createRunList (jsonInterface) {
   return runList
 }
 
-function runTest (web3, testName, testObject, testCallback, resultsCallback) {
+function runTest (testName, testObject, testCallback, resultsCallback) {
   let runList = createRunList(testObject._jsonInterface)
 
   let passingNum = 0
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@ function runTest (web3, testName, testObject, testCallback, resultsCallback) {
       method.send().on('receipt', function (receipt) {
         let time = Math.ceil((Date.now() - startTime) / 1000.0)
         if (func.type === 'test') {
-          let topic = web3.utils.sha3('AssertionEvent(bool,string)')
+          let topic = Web3.utils.sha3('AssertionEvent(bool,string)')
 
           let matchingEvents = []
           for (let i in receipt.events) {
             let event = receipt.events[i]
             if (event.raw.topics.indexOf(topic) >= 0) {
-              matchingEvents.push(web3.eth.abi.decodeParameters(['bool', 'string'], event.raw.data))
+              matchingEvents.push(Web3.eth.abi.decodeParameters(['bool', 'string'], event.raw.data))
             }
           }
 
diff --git a/tests/testRunner.js b/tests/testRunner.js
index 72e216fa45..750984b710 100644
--- a/tests/testRunner.js
+++ b/tests/testRunner.js
@@ -18,20 +18,18 @@ function compileAndDeploy (filename, callback) {
       Deployer.deployAll(compilationResult, web3, next)
     }
   ], function (_err, contracts) {
-    callback(null, contracts, web3)
+    callback(null, contracts)
   })
 }
 
 describe('testRunner', function () {
-  let web3;
   describe('#runTest', function() {
     describe('test with beforeAll', function () {
       let filename = 'tests/examples_1/simple_storage_test.sol'
       let tests = [], results = {}
 
       before(function (done) {
-        compileAndDeploy(filename, function (_err, contracts, _web3) {
-          web3 = _web3;
+        compileAndDeploy(filename, function (_err, contracts) {
           var testCallback = function (test) {
             tests.push(test)
           }
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ describe('testRunner', function () {
             results = _results
             done()
           }
-          TestRunner.runTest(web3, 'MyTest', contracts.MyTest, testCallback, resultsCallback)
+          TestRunner.runTest('MyTest', contracts.MyTest, testCallback, resultsCallback)
         })
       })
 
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ describe('testRunner', function () {
             results = _results
             done()
           }
-          TestRunner.runTest(web3, 'MyTest', contracts.MyTest, testCallback, resultsCallback)
+          TestRunner.runTest('MyTest', contracts.MyTest, testCallback, resultsCallback)
         })
       })