diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
index 71fbfe242310..4c7503f52c6f 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ public abstract class HgPlatformTest extends VcsPlatformTest {
     super.setUp();
 
     cd(myProjectRoot);
-    hg("version");
-
-    createRepository(myProjectRoot);
     myVcs = HgVcs.getInstance(myProject);
     assertNotNull(myVcs);
     myVcs.getGlobalSettings().setHgExecutable(HgExecutor.getHgExecutable());
+    myVcs.getProjectSettings().setCheckIncomingOutgoing(false);
     myVcs.checkVersion();
+    hg("version");
+    createRepository(myProjectRoot);
     myRepository = myProjectRoot;
     setUpHgrc(myRepository);
   }
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/HgTaskBranchesTest.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/HgTaskBranchesTest.java
index 64b62f043f8e..a799af1d70a6 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/HgTaskBranchesTest.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/HgTaskBranchesTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public class HgTaskBranchesTest extends TaskBranchesTest {
     hg("commit -m another -u abc");
     hg("up -r 0");
     ProjectLevelVcsManagerImpl vcsManager = (ProjectLevelVcsManagerImpl)ProjectLevelVcsManager.getInstance(myProject);
+    HgVcs hgVcs = HgVcs.getInstance(myProject);
+    assert hgVcs != null;
+    hgVcs.getProjectSettings().setCheckIncomingOutgoing(false);
     vcsManager.setDirectoryMapping(root, HgVcs.VCS_NAME);
     VirtualFile file = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().findFileByIoFile(new File(root));
     HgRepository repository = HgUtil.getRepositoryManager(myProject).getRepositoryForRoot(file);
@@ -86,6 +89,5 @@ public class HgTaskBranchesTest extends TaskBranchesTest {
     return ((HgRepository)repository).getOpenedBranches().size() +
            ((HgRepository)repository).getBookmarks().size();
   }
-
 }