diff -up BackPAN-Index-0.40/t/lib/TestUtils.pm.orig BackPAN-Index-0.40/t/lib/TestUtils.pm
--- BackPAN-Index-0.40/t/lib/TestUtils.pm.orig	2011-03-01 01:59:30.000000000 +0100
+++ BackPAN-Index-0.40/t/lib/TestUtils.pm	2011-03-20 10:50:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sub backpan_index_url {
 # Init a new BackPAN::Index object with the right options for testing
 sub new_backpan {
     my %args = @_;
-    $args{backpan_index_url} = backpan_index_url() if $args{update};
+    $args{backpan_index_url} = backpan_index_url();
 
     return BackPAN::Index->new({
         cache_dir               => cache_dir(),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sub new_backpan {
 
 sub new_pbp {
     my %args = @_;
-    $args{backpan_index_url} = backpan_index_url() if $args{update};
+    $args{backpan_index_url} = backpan_index_url();
 
     require Parse::BACKPAN::Packages;
     return Parse::BACKPAN::Packages->new({