diff --git a/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer.java b/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer.java
index 13289c8..d9d539b 100644
--- a/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer.java
+++ b/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer.java
@@ -17,19 +17,17 @@
 
 package org.jboss.arquillian.spring.integration.client;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.jboss.arquillian.config.descriptor.api.ArquillianDescriptor;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.config.descriptor.api.ExtensionDef;
-import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.Instance;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.InstanceProducer;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.ApplicationScoped;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.Inject;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.Observes;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.spring.integration.SpringIntegrationConstants;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.spring.integration.configuration.SpringIntegrationConfiguration;
-import org.jboss.arquillian.test.spi.event.suite.BeforeSuite;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * <p>Producer that creates the configuration loaded from the arquillian descriptor.</p>
@@ -39,12 +37,6 @@
  */
 public class SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer {
 
-    /**
-     * <p>Represents the application descriptor.</p>
-     */
-    @Inject
-    private Instance<ArquillianDescriptor> descriptor;
-
     /**
      * <p>Represents the configuration for this extension.</p>
      */
@@ -57,7 +49,7 @@ public class SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer {
      *
      * @param beforeSuiteEvent the event fired before execution of the test suite
      */
-    public void initConfiguration(@Observes BeforeSuite beforeSuiteEvent) {
+    public void initConfiguration(@Observes ArquillianDescriptor descriptor) {
 
         SpringIntegrationConfiguration config = getConfiguration(descriptor);
 
@@ -71,9 +63,9 @@ public void initConfiguration(@Observes BeforeSuite beforeSuiteEvent) {
      *
      * @return the created instance of {@link SpringIntegrationConfiguration}
      */
-    private SpringIntegrationConfiguration getConfiguration(Instance<ArquillianDescriptor> descriptor) {
+    private SpringIntegrationConfiguration getConfiguration(ArquillianDescriptor descriptor) {
 
-        Map<String, String> properties = getExtensionProperties(descriptor.get());
+        Map<String, String> properties = getExtensionProperties(descriptor);
 
         return new SpringIntegrationConfiguration(properties);
     }
diff --git a/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducerTestCase.java b/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducerTestCase.java
index 080d7de..897ad5d 100644
--- a/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducerTestCase.java
+++ b/arquillian-service-integration-spring/src/test/java/org/jboss/arquillian/spring/integration/client/SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducerTestCase.java
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 
 package org.jboss.arquillian.spring.integration.client;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
 import org.jboss.arquillian.config.descriptor.api.ArquillianDescriptor;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.Instance;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.InstanceProducer;
@@ -28,16 +38,6 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
 /**
  * <p>Tests {@link SpringIntegrationConfigurationProducer} class.</p>
  *
@@ -67,16 +67,12 @@ public void setUp() {
     @Test
     public void testInitConfigurationDefault() throws Exception {
 
-        BeforeSuite event = new BeforeSuite();
-
         ArquillianDescriptor descriptor = Descriptors.create(ArquillianDescriptor.class);
 
-        injectDescriptor(descriptor);
-
         InstanceProducer<SpringIntegrationConfiguration> mockProducer = mock(InstanceProducer.class);
         TestReflectionHelper.setFieldValue(instance, "extensionConfiguration", mockProducer);
 
-        instance.initConfiguration(event);
+        instance.initConfiguration(descriptor);
 
         ArgumentCaptor<SpringIntegrationConfiguration> argument =
                 ArgumentCaptor.forClass(SpringIntegrationConfiguration.class);
@@ -96,17 +92,13 @@ public void testInitConfigurationDefault() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testInitConfiguration() throws Exception {
 
-        BeforeSuite event = new BeforeSuite();
-
         ArquillianDescriptor descriptor = Descriptors.importAs(ArquillianDescriptor.class).fromStream(
                 new FileInputStream(new File("src/test/resources", "arquillian.xml")));
 
-        injectDescriptor(descriptor);
-
         InstanceProducer<SpringIntegrationConfiguration> mockProducer = mock(InstanceProducer.class);
         TestReflectionHelper.setFieldValue(instance, "extensionConfiguration", mockProducer);
 
-        instance.initConfiguration(event);
+        instance.initConfiguration(descriptor);
 
         ArgumentCaptor<SpringIntegrationConfiguration> argument =
                 ArgumentCaptor.forClass(SpringIntegrationConfiguration.class);
@@ -120,18 +112,4 @@ public void testInitConfiguration() throws Exception {
                 "org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext",
                 argument.getValue().getProperty("customAnnotationContextClass"));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * <p>Initialize the arquillian descriptor.</p>
-     *
-     * @param descriptor the arquillian descriptor
-     *
-     * @throws IllegalAccessException if any error occurs
-     * @throws NoSuchFieldException   if any error occurs
-     */
-    private void injectDescriptor(ArquillianDescriptor descriptor) throws IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException {
-        Instance<ArquillianDescriptor> mockDescriptorInstance = mock(Instance.class);
-        when(mockDescriptorInstance.get()).thenReturn(descriptor);
-        TestReflectionHelper.setFieldValue(instance, "descriptor", mockDescriptorInstance);
-    }
 }