diff --git a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
index 814645c1e..ada0f4a78 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ module Job
   class HttpMulti < Base
     @queue = :http
 
+    Hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra
+    Request = Typhoeus::Request
     MAX_RETRIES = 3
     OPTS = {:max_redirects => 3, :timeout => 5000, :method => :post}
 
@@ -19,13 +21,13 @@ module Job
 
       failed_request_people = []
 
-      hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra.new
+      hydra = Hydra.new
       people.each do |person|
 
         url = person.receive_url
         xml = salmon.xml_for(person)
 
-        request = Typhoeus::Request.new(url, OPTS.merge(:params => {:xml => CGI::escape(xml)}))
+        request = Request.new(url, OPTS.merge(:params => {:xml => CGI::escape(xml)}))
 
         request.on_complete do |response|
           if response.code >= 300 && response.code < 400
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
index be04806be..b209aa524 100644
--- a/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Job::HttpMulti do
+  before :all do
+    enable_typhoeus
+  end
+  after :all do
+    disable_typhoeus
+  end
 
   before do
     @people = [Factory(:person), Factory(:person)]
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 176e2522d..7d093669d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   end
 end
 
+disable_typhoeus
 ProcessedImage.enable_processing = false
 
 def set_up_friends
diff --git a/spec/support/fake_typhoeus.rb b/spec/support/fake_typhoeus.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57b0d376f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/fake_typhoeus.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+class FakeHydra
+  def queue(*args); end
+  def run;   end
+end
+
+class FakeHydraRequest
+  def initialize(*args);  end
+  def on_complete;  end
+end
+
+def disable_typhoeus
+  silence_warnings do
+    Job::HttpMulti.const_set('Hydra', FakeHydra)
+    Job::HttpMulti.const_set('Request', FakeHydraRequest)
+  end
+end
+def enable_typhoeus
+  silence_warnings do
+    Job::HttpMulti.const_set('Hydra', Typhoeus::Hydra)
+    Job::HttpMulti.const_set('Request', Typhoeus::Request)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/stub_hydra.rb b/spec/support/stub_hydra.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d70861f..000000000
--- a/spec/support/stub_hydra.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#class Typhoeus::Hydra
-#  def initialize
-#  end
-
-#  def queue(*args)
-#  end
-
-#  def run
-#  end
-#end
-