diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/vcsserver_http.ini b/rhodecode/tests/vcsserver_http.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/vcsserver_http.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/vcsserver_http.ini
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ locale = en_US.UTF-8
 ; path to binaries for vcsserver, it should be set by the installer
 ; at installation time, e.g /home/user/vcsserver-1/profile/bin
 ; it can also be a path to nix-build output in case of development
-core.binary_dir = ""
+core.binary_dir =
 
 ; Custom exception store path, defaults to TMPDIR
 ; This is used to store exception from RhodeCode in shared directory