diff --git a/cdist/test/__init__.py b/cdist/test/__init__.py
index a8c6103b..ab767699 100644
--- a/cdist/test/__init__.py
+++ b/cdist/test/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class CdistTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     remote_exec = os.path.join(global_fixtures_dir, "remote", "exec")
     remote_copy = os.path.join(global_fixtures_dir, "remote", "copy")
 
+    target_host = 'cdisttesthost'
+
     def mkdtemp(self, **kwargs):
         return tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='tmp.cdist.test.', **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/cdist/test/emulator/__init__.py b/cdist/test/emulator/__init__.py
index 871083f8..f9743e16 100644
--- a/cdist/test/emulator/__init__.py
+++ b/cdist/test/emulator/__init__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ my_dir = op.abspath(op.dirname(__file__))
 fixtures = op.join(my_dir, 'fixtures')
 conf_dir = op.join(fixtures, 'conf')
 
-
 class EmulatorTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ class EmulatorTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
         self.temp_dir = self.mkdtemp()
         handle, self.script = self.mkstemp(dir=self.temp_dir)
         os.close(handle)
-        self.target_host = 'localhost'
         out_path = self.temp_dir
         self.local = local.Local(
             target_host=self.target_host,