diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/hystrix/SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/hystrix/SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest.java
index 3171d46cd..2ad699739 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/hystrix/SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/hystrix/SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.DefaultTestAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.trace.TraceContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -24,13 +23,11 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.assertions.SleuthAssertions.then;
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = {
 		SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest.TestConfig.class })
-@DirtiesContext
 public class SpanPassingForHystrixViaAnnotationsITest {
 
 	@Autowired HystrixCommandInvocationSpanCatcher hystrixCommandInvocationSpanCatcher;
 	@Autowired TraceManager traceManager;
 
-	
 	@Test
 	public void should_set_span_on_an_hystrix_command_annotated_method() {
 		Span span = givenASpanInCurrentThread();