diff --git a/test/integration/client/force-native-with-envvar-tests.js b/test/integration/client/force-native-with-envvar-tests.js
index 93b9dddc..e41587d7 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/force-native-with-envvar-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/force-native-with-envvar-tests.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * helper needs to be loaded for the asserts but it alos proloads
+ * client which we don't want here
+ *
+ */
 var helper = require(__dirname+"/test-helper")
   , path = require('path')
 ;
@@ -10,18 +15,17 @@ var paths = {
 
 /**
  * delete the modules we are concerned about from the
- * module cache
+ * module cache, so they get loaded cleanly and the env
+ * var can kick in ...
  */
-function deleteFromCache(){
-  Object.keys(paths).forEach(function(module){
-    var cache_key = paths[ module ];
-    delete require.cache[ cache_key ];
+function emptyCache(){
+  Object.keys(require.cache).forEach(function(key){
+    delete require.cache[key];
   });
 };
 
-
-deleteFromCache();
-process.env.NODE_PG_FORCE_NATIVE = "1";
+emptyCache();
+process.env.NODE_PG_FORCE_NATIVE = '1';
 
 var pg = require( paths.pg );
 var query_native = require( paths.query_native );
@@ -30,5 +34,5 @@ var query_js = require( paths.query_js );
 assert.deepEqual(pg.Client.Query, query_native);
 assert.notDeepEqual(pg.Client.Query, query_js);
 
-deleteFromCache();
+emptyCache();
 delete process.env.NODE_PG_FORCE_NATIVE