diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
index 3bcf91f106..918ff714fd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require 'testing_env'
 require 'test/testball'
 
-class AbstractDownloadStrategy
-  attr_reader :url
-end
-
 class MostlyAbstractFormula < Formula
   url ''
 end
@@ -40,13 +36,16 @@ class FormulaTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_mirror_support
-    HOMEBREW_CACHE.mkpath unless HOMEBREW_CACHE.exist?
-    shutup do
-      f = TestBallWithMirror.new
-      _, downloader = f.fetch
-      assert_equal f.url, "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/bad_url/testball-0.1.tbz"
-      assert_equal downloader.url, "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/tarballs/testball-0.1.tbz"
-    end
+    f = Class.new(Formula) do
+      url "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/bad_url/testball-0.1.tbz"
+      mirror "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/tarballs/testball-0.1.tbz"
+    end.new("test_mirror_support")
+
+    shutup { f.fetch }
+
+    assert_equal "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/bad_url/testball-0.1.tbz", f.url
+    assert_equal "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/tarballs/testball-0.1.tbz",
+      f.downloader.instance_variable_get(:@url)
   end
 
   def test_formula_specs
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/testball.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/testball.rb
index 13f54f3df1..b18fe3e68d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/testball.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/testball.rb
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ class TestBall < Formula
   end
 end
 
-class TestBallWithMirror < Formula
-  url "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/bad_url/testball-0.1.tbz"
-  mirror "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/tarballs/testball-0.1.tbz"
-
-  def initialize(*)
-    super "testballwithmirror"
-  end
-end
-
 class ConfigureFails < Formula
   url "file:///#{TEST_FOLDER}/tarballs/configure_fails.tar.gz"
   version '1.0.0'