diff --git oak-remote/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/remote/http/handler/RemoteServerIT.java oak-remote/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/remote/http/handler/RemoteServerIT.java
index a68265e..7851cff 100644
--- oak-remote/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/remote/http/handler/RemoteServerIT.java
+++ oak-remote/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/remote/http/handler/RemoteServerIT.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
 import com.mashape.unirest.http.JsonNode;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.NodeStoreFixture;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.Oak;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.OakBaseTest;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public class RemoteServerIT extends OakBaseTest {
     }
 
     private String load(String name) throws Exception {
-        return Files.toString(new File(getClass().getResource(name).getFile()), Charsets.UTF_8);
+        return IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResource(name).openStream(), Charsets.UTF_8);
     }
 
     @Before