diff -r afd7657a6d65 -r 6c320c41b1a0 cubicweb/devtools/testlib.py
--- a/cubicweb/devtools/testlib.py	Wed Jan 04 10:02:05 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/devtools/testlib.py	Wed Jan 18 12:36:02 2017 +0100
@@ -413,11 +413,6 @@
         config.global_set_option('sender-addr', 'cubicweb-test@logilab.fr')
         # default_base_url on config class isn't enough for TestServerConfiguration
         config.global_set_option('base-url', config.default_base_url())
-        # web resources
-        try:
-            config.global_set_option('embed-allowed', re.compile('.*'))
-        except Exception:  # not in server only configuration
-            pass
 
     @property
     def vreg(self):