diff --git a/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua b/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
index d9b174b9..333d5aa4 100644
--- a/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
+++ b/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ function xresources.get_dpi(s)
         return dpi_per_screen[s]
     end
     if not xresources.dpi then
-        xresources.dpi = tonumber(awesome.xrdb_get_value("", "Xft.dpi") or 96)
+        -- Might not be present when run under unit tests
+        if awesome and awesome.xrdb_get_value then
+            xresources.dpi = tonumber(awesome.xrdb_get_value("", "Xft.dpi"))
+        end
+        if not xresources.dpi then
+            xresources.dpi = 96
+        end
     end
     return xresources.dpi
 end
diff --git a/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua b/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
index 99692a91..ae168e9f 100644
--- a/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/awful/keyboardlayout_spec.lua
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 -- @copyright 2015 Uli Schlachter and Kazunobu Kuriyama
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--- Hack so that beautiful can be loaded
-_G.awesome = {
-    xrdb_get_value = function() end
-}
-
 local kb = require("awful.widget.keyboardlayout")
 
 describe("awful.widget.keyboardlayout get_groups_from_group_names", function()
diff --git a/spec/wibox/widget/textbox_spec.lua b/spec/wibox/widget/textbox_spec.lua
index 9200a6b6..10f5028a 100644
--- a/spec/wibox/widget/textbox_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/wibox/widget/textbox_spec.lua
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 -- @copyright 2015 Uli Schlachter
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--- Grml...
-_G.awesome = {
-    xrdb_get_value = function(a, b)
-        if a ~= "" then error() end
-        if b ~= "Xft.dpi" then error() end
-        return nil
-    end
-}
-
 local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
 
 describe("wibox.widget.textbox", function()