diff --git a/greentest/test_socketserver_green.py b/greentest/test_socketserver_green.py
index 68ccbfc..d7d4f75 100644
--- a/greentest/test_socketserver_green.py
+++ b/greentest/test_socketserver_green.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import sys
-if 'twisted.internet.reactor' not in sys.modules:
-    from twisted.internet import pollreactor; pollreactor.install()
 from eventlet.green.SocketServer import *
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from eventlet.green import select
diff --git a/greentest/test_urllib2_green.py b/greentest/test_urllib2_green.py
index 7749a8c..1ab5d49 100644
--- a/greentest/test_urllib2_green.py
+++ b/greentest/test_urllib2_green.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import sys
-if 'twisted.internet.reactor' not in sys.modules:
-    from twisted.internet import pollreactor; pollreactor.install()
 from eventlet.green import socket
 
 execfile('test_urllib2.py')
diff --git a/greentest/test_urllib2_localnet_green.py b/greentest/test_urllib2_localnet_green.py
index 0d97da2..b882b31 100644
--- a/greentest/test_urllib2_localnet_green.py
+++ b/greentest/test_urllib2_localnet_green.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 import sys
-if 'twisted.internet.reactor' not in sys.modules:
-    # the following line makes a difference on my machine, tests take
-    # muuuch less time (5x) to complete compared to selectreactor
-    from twisted.internet import pollreactor; pollreactor.install()
-
 from eventlet.green import threading
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from eventlet.green import urllib2