diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 0bebda1..9c78636 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 {erl_opts, [debug_info,{d,'TRIQ',true}]}.
 
 {deps, [
-       {riak_kv, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/riak_kv.git", {branch, "master"}}},
-       {riak_core, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/riak_core.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+
+%%
+%% Add riak_kv + riak_core as dependency to run backend tests
+%%
+%       {riak_kv, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/riak_kv.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+%       {riak_core, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/riak_core.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+
        {lager, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/lager", {branch, "master"}}},
        {sext, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/esl/sext", {branch, "master"}}},
        {snappy, "1.0.*", {git, "git://github.com/fdmanana/snappy-erlang-nif.git", {branch, "master"}}},