diff --git a/plugins/Monolog/tests/System/TrackerLoggingTest.php b/plugins/Monolog/tests/System/TrackerLoggingTest.php
index 87162291165827780dcc9dc44ae13769d01f7a87..0c8533885035948880134a44e01dee4b2ba3f534 100644
--- a/plugins/Monolog/tests/System/TrackerLoggingTest.php
+++ b/plugins/Monolog/tests/System/TrackerLoggingTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Piwik\Config;
 use Piwik\Date;
 use Piwik\Tests\Framework\Fixture;
 use Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestCase\SystemTestCase;
+use Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestingEnvironmentVariables;
 use PiwikTracker;
 
 /**
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ DEBUG:   'apiv' => '1',", $response);
 
     private function setTrackerConfig($trackerConfig)
     {
-        $testingEnvironment = self::$fixture->getTestEnvironment();
+        $testingEnvironment = new TestingEnvironmentVariables();
         $testingEnvironment->overrideConfig('Tracker', $trackerConfig);
         $testingEnvironment->overrideConfig('log', 'log_writers', array('screen'));
         $testingEnvironment->save();
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/OmniFixture.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/OmniFixture.php
index 3c083130188f79e9203449a7fcb1d8bdd06078be..c1a7fec4338e14650d388b91161ca10bffc2e405 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/OmniFixture.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/OmniFixture.php
@@ -21,15 +21,24 @@ use Piwik\Tests\Framework\OverrideLogin;
  */
 class OmniFixture extends Fixture
 {
+    const DEFAULT_SEGMENT = "browserCode==FF";
+
     public $month = '2012-01';
     public $idSite = 'all';
     public $dateTime = '2012-02-01';
+
+    /**
+     * @var Date
+     */
     public $now = null;
-    public $segment = "browserCode==FF";
+    public $segment = self::DEFAULT_SEGMENT;
 
     // Visitor profile screenshot test needs visitor id
     public $visitorIdDeterministic = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var Fixture[]
+     */
     public $fixtures = array();
 
     private function requireAllFixtures()
@@ -118,11 +127,6 @@ class OmniFixture extends Fixture
         }
 
         Option::set("Tests.forcedNowTimestamp", $this->now->getTimestamp());
-
-        // launch archiving so tests don't run out of time
-        $date = Date::factory($this->dateTime)->toString();
-        VisitsSummaryAPI::getInstance()->get($this->idSite, 'year', $date);
-        VisitsSummaryAPI::getInstance()->get($this->idSite, 'year', $date, urlencode($this->segment));
     }
 
     public function tearDown()
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SomeVisitsCustomVariablesCampaignsNotHeuristics.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SomeVisitsCustomVariablesCampaignsNotHeuristics.php
index a32129c93b6919707d093ff3a1986505a1f395e8..03cb78f9da22073a93ab9d2df5ea703dd7fb8bcc 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SomeVisitsCustomVariablesCampaignsNotHeuristics.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SomeVisitsCustomVariablesCampaignsNotHeuristics.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Piwik\Tests\Fixtures;
 use Piwik\Date;
 use Piwik\Plugins\Goals\API;
 use Piwik\Tests\Framework\Fixture;
+use Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestingEnvironmentVariables;
 use PiwikTracker;
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class SomeVisitsCustomVariablesCampaignsNotHeuristics extends Fixture
 
     private function setPiwikEnvironmentOverrides()
     {
-        $env = $this->getTestEnvironment();
+        $env = new TestingEnvironmentVariables();
         $env->overrideConfig('Tracker', 'create_new_visit_when_website_referrer_changes', 1);
         $env->save();
     }
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SqlDump.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SqlDump.php
index b360d162b31d2f6830256df1b9e1f10fa2c01f54..f5ebc7b364bcfb3792a8e9c03d47cb239d365a98 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SqlDump.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/SqlDump.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Piwik\Config;
 use Piwik\Db;
 use Piwik\Tests\Framework\Fixture;
 use Exception;
+use Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestingEnvironmentVariables;
 
 /**
  * Reusable fixture. Loads a SQL dump into the DB.
@@ -74,12 +75,13 @@ class SqlDump extends Fixture
         // reload access
         Access::getInstance()->reloadAccess();
 
-        $this->getTestEnvironment()->configOverride = array(
+        $testVars = new TestingEnvironmentVariables();
+        $testVars->configOverride = array(
             'database' => array(
                 'tables_prefix' => $this->tablesPrefix
             )
         );
-        $this->getTestEnvironment()->save();
+        $testVars->save();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/UITestFixture.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/UITestFixture.php
index a1d2d316d07b695773fcae3347b78950426f9c56..4b780215d788d499829fd550b0edf98a9280e73f 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/UITestFixture.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Fixtures/UITestFixture.php
@@ -71,13 +71,14 @@ class UITestFixture extends SqlDump
         // create non super user
         UsersManagerAPI::getInstance()->addUser('oliverqueen', 'smartypants', 'oli@queenindustries.com');
         UsersManagerAPI::getInstance()->setUserAccess('oliverqueen', 'view', array(1));
-
-        // launch archiving so UI test requests don't launch it
-        VisitsSummaryAPI::getInstance()->get('all', 'year', '2012-08-09');
     }
 
     public function performSetUp($setupEnvironmentOnly = false)
     {
+        $this->extraTestEnvVars = array(
+            'loadRealTranslations' => 1,
+        );
+
         parent::performSetUp($setupEnvironmentOnly);
 
         $this->createSegments();
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ class UITestFixture extends SqlDump
 
         $this->testEnvironment->forcedNowTimestamp = $forcedNowTimestamp;
         $this->testEnvironment->save();
+
+        // launch archiving so tests don't run out of time
+        print("Archiving in fixture set up...");
+        VisitsSummaryAPI::getInstance()->get('all', 'year', '2012-08-09');
+        VisitsSummaryAPI::getInstance()->get('all', 'year', '2012-08-09', urlencode(OmniFixture::DEFAULT_SEGMENT));
+        print("Done.");
     }
 
     private function addOverlayVisits()
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Framework/Fixture.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Framework/Fixture.php
index 4d53c312ba509d3ac7cf2589611acd80e8b36f42..3f66bd3a76cdfcc9632c3f6eaad98e377580694b 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Framework/Fixture.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Framework/Fixture.php
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ class Fixture extends \PHPUnit_Framework_Assert
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * NOTE: This method should not be used to get a TestingEnvironmentVariables instance.
+     * Instead just create a new instance.
+     *
+     * @return null|\Piwik\Tests\Framework\TestingEnvironmentVariables
+     */
     public function getTestEnvironment()
     {
         if ($this->testEnvironment === null) {
diff --git a/tests/resources/OmniFixture-dump.sql.gz b/tests/resources/OmniFixture-dump.sql.gz
index 22a7c77d46338760b5dc874a9e240e5413169c7c..75ca5eacba0348966108bc41c9ca3b85cd66e315 100644
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