diff -r 928732ec00dd -r fa44db7da2dc web/test/unittest_application.py
--- a/web/test/unittest_application.py	Thu Jul 17 11:08:56 2014 +0200
+++ b/web/test/unittest_application.py	Fri Jul 18 17:35:25 2014 +0200
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
 """unit tests for cubicweb.web.application"""
 
 import base64, Cookie
-import sys
 import httplib
-from urllib import unquote
 
 from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main
 from logilab.common.decorators import clear_cache, classproperty
 
-from cubicweb import AuthenticationError, Unauthorized
+from cubicweb import AuthenticationError
 from cubicweb import view
 from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC, real_error_handling
 from cubicweb.devtools.fake import FakeRequest
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@
 
     def test_publish_validation_error(self):
         with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
-            user = self.user()
+            user = self.user(req)
             eid = unicode(user.eid)
             req.form = {
                 'eid':       eid,