diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
index d96b44310278aa87e9862990dcfb5f4c74269063..b06fa0e5dc84645fb315a036081eb80dd6af1d78 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# enable local spring profile
-spring.profiles.active=local,junit
-
 # disable discovery
 spring.cloud.discovery.enabled=false
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/ifs/dbrepo/config/GatewayConfig.java b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/ifs/dbrepo/config/GatewayConfig.java
index be7eabb939e17ef8c6b7ac5fab9f0006afed5e4e..1737650d9e504faa504bef1eaa32e9575a7d415a 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/ifs/dbrepo/config/GatewayConfig.java
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/services/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/ifs/dbrepo/config/GatewayConfig.java
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.*;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public class GatewayConfig {
 
     @Value("${dbrepo.system.password}")
     private String systemPassword;
-    
+
     private final CredentialService credentialService;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ public class GatewayConfig {
         this.credentialService = credentialService;
     }
 
-    @Profile("!junit")
     @Bean("brokerRestTemplate")
     public RestTemplate brokerRestTemplate() {
         final RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();