diff --git a/src/mod_sso/test/httpd_integration_test.py b/src/mod_sso/test/httpd_integration_test.py
index 8eb4653940eeb929c9b3ce771f9cd8591b54a9b6..a21df4a91aec7d2226e58017e502369ae962c11c 100755
--- a/src/mod_sso/test/httpd_integration_test.py
+++ b/src/mod_sso/test/httpd_integration_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-import base64
 import httplib
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -147,14 +146,13 @@ class HttpdIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # test the /sso_login endpoint
         conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("127.0.0.1", 33000)
         tkt = self._ticket()
-        tkt_enc = base64.b64encode(tkt)
         conn.request("GET", "/sso_login?%s" % urllib.urlencode(
-           {"t": tkt_enc, "d": "https://service.example.com/index.html"}))
+           {"t": tkt, "d": "https://service.example.com/index.html"}))
         resp = conn.getresponse()
         self.assertEquals(302, resp.status)
         set_cookie = resp.getheader("Set-Cookie")
         self.assertTrue(set_cookie)
-        self.assertTrue(tkt_enc in set_cookie)
+        self.assertTrue(tkt in set_cookie)
         conn.close()
 
         # test the /sso_logout endpoint