diff --git a/plugins/PrivacyManager/tests/PrivacyManager.test.php b/plugins/PrivacyManager/tests/PrivacyManager.test.php
index bb2d298145ae651707e65f9c16bd5195d941072e..fb93f30876dd5ddfe462965bd304287ba71f90b0 100755
--- a/plugins/PrivacyManager/tests/PrivacyManager.test.php
+++ b/plugins/PrivacyManager/tests/PrivacyManager.test.php
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ class Test_Piwik_PrivacyManager extends Test_Integration
 		
 		$this->unusedIdAction = Piwik_FetchOne(
 			"SELECT idaction FROM ".Piwik_Common::prefixTable('log_action')." WHERE name = ?",
-			array('http://whatever.com/_40'));
+			array('whatever.com/_40'));
 		$this->assertTrue($this->unusedIdAction);
 		
 		// purge data
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class Test_Piwik_PrivacyManager extends Test_Integration
 	public function addReferenceToUnusedAction( $notification )
 	{
 		$unusedIdAction = $this->unusedIdAction;
-		if (is_null($unusedIdAction)) // make sure we only do this for one test case
+		if (empty($unusedIdAction)) // make sure we only do this for one test case
 		{
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Plugins/PrivacyManagerTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Plugins/PrivacyManagerTest.php
index fa9eb43a82a7ea15716681528daccf5ca13e938a..0f032c7456e15a987cf5d3d9b78b9c905a5ca674 100755
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Plugins/PrivacyManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Plugins/PrivacyManagerTest.php
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class PrivacyManagerTest extends DatabaseTestCase
         
         $this->unusedIdAction = Piwik_FetchOne(
             "SELECT idaction FROM ".Piwik_Common::prefixTable('log_action')." WHERE name = ?",
-            array('http://whatever.com/_40'));
+            array('whatever.com/_40'));
         $this->assertTrue($this->unusedIdAction > 0);
         
         // purge data
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ class PrivacyManagerTest extends DatabaseTestCase
     public function addReferenceToUnusedAction( $notification )
     {
         $unusedIdAction = $this->unusedIdAction;
-        if (is_null($unusedIdAction)) // make sure we only do this for one test case
+        if (empty($unusedIdAction)) // make sure we only do this for one test case
         {
             return;
         }