diff --git a/pkg/ingester/flush_test.go b/pkg/ingester/flush_test.go
index f5c146803a35dff9bef5756e83825bee770c7971..0b53c08e1cf38f000c41e0147fa7b2bd790b4ee8 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/flush_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/flush_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package ingester
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -10,9 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/ring"
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util/flagext"
-	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/chunkenc"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	util.Logger = log.NewLogfmtLogger(os.Stdout)
+	//util.Logger = log.NewLogfmtLogger(os.Stdout)
 }
 
 func TestChunkFlushingIdle(t *testing.T) {
@@ -81,6 +78,7 @@ func defaultIngesterTestConfig() Config {
 	cfg.LifecyclerConfig.ListenPort = func(i int) *int { return &i }(0)
 	cfg.LifecyclerConfig.Addr = "localhost"
 	cfg.LifecyclerConfig.ID = "localhost"
+	cfg.LifecyclerConfig.FinalSleep = 0
 	return cfg
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go b/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
index 995366b78962c8fcf7894462d2eefbafcf29623e..16f395b5becb67c2cc4d219ee2af72a2e3e23ccb 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
@@ -13,19 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/ring"
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util/flagext"
 )
 
 func TestIngester(t *testing.T) {
-	var ingesterConfig Config
-	flagext.DefaultValues(&ingesterConfig)
-	ingesterConfig.LifecyclerConfig.RingConfig.Mock = ring.NewInMemoryKVClient()
-	ingesterConfig.LifecyclerConfig.NumTokens = 1
-	ingesterConfig.LifecyclerConfig.ListenPort = func(i int) *int { return &i }(0)
-	ingesterConfig.LifecyclerConfig.Addr = "localhost"
-	ingesterConfig.LifecyclerConfig.ID = "localhost"
-
+	ingesterConfig := defaultIngesterTestConfig()
 	store := &mockStore{
 		chunks: map[string][]chunk.Chunk{},
 	}