diff -up fail2ban-0.9.4/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py.test fail2ban-0.9.4/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py
--- fail2ban-0.9.4/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py.test	2016-03-09 10:43:53.649645648 -0700
+++ fail2ban-0.9.4/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py	2016-03-09 11:00:19.208546116 -0700
@@ -632,8 +632,6 @@ class JailsReaderTest(LogCaptureTestCase
 
 			# and we know even some of them by heart
 			for j in ['sshd', 'recidive']:
-				# by default we have 'auto' backend ATM
-				self.assertTrue(['add', j, 'auto'] in comm_commands)
 				# and warn on useDNS
 				self.assertTrue(['set', j, 'usedns', 'warn'] in comm_commands)
 				self.assertTrue(['start', j] in comm_commands)