diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/Config.java b/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/Config.java
index 2ac144240..8dd9eb2d8 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/Config.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/Config.java
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster.Builder;
 @Configuration
 public class Config extends AbstractCassandraConfiguration {
 
-	public static final String KEYSPACE = "testy";
-
 	public Cluster cluster;
 
 	@Override
 	protected String getKeyspaceName() {
-		return KEYSPACE;
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/ConfigTest.java b/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/ConfigTest.java
index f4b1e9bd9..8739b8358 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/cassandra/test/integration/config/ConfigTest.java
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@ public class ConfigTest {
 	@Test
 	public void test() {
 		assertNotNull(session);
+
+		session
+				.execute("CREATE KEYSPACE testy WITH REPLICATION = { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1 };");
+		session.execute("USE testy");
 	}
 }