diff --git a/test/setup_transfer.cpp b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
index 115702833..50bcc79d7 100644
--- a/test/setup_transfer.cpp
+++ b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
@@ -267,9 +267,6 @@ setup_transfer(session* ses1, session* ses2, session* ses3
 		t = *torrent;
 	}
 
-	ses1->set_severity_level(alert::debug);
-	ses2->set_severity_level(alert::debug);
-	
 	// they should not use the same save dir, because the
 	// file pool will complain if two torrents are trying to
 	// use the same files
diff --git a/test/test_swarm.cpp b/test/test_swarm.cpp
index 102026ea4..a17ac8802 100644
--- a/test/test_swarm.cpp
+++ b/test/test_swarm.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ void test_swarm()
 	using namespace libtorrent;
 
 	session ses1(fingerprint("LT", 0, 1, 0, 0), std::make_pair(48000, 49000));
+	ses1.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
 	session ses2(fingerprint("LT", 0, 1, 0, 0), std::make_pair(49000, 50000));
+	ses2.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
 	session ses3(fingerprint("LT", 0, 1, 0, 0), std::make_pair(50000, 51000));
+	ses3.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
+
 
 	// this is to avoid everything finish from a single peer
 	// immediately. To make the swarm actually connect all
@@ -85,10 +89,6 @@ void test_swarm()
 	// test using piece sizes smaller than 16kB
 	boost::tie(tor1, tor2, tor3) = setup_transfer(&ses1, &ses2, &ses3, true, false, true, "_swarm", 8 * 1024);	
 
-	ses1.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
-	ses2.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
-	ses3.set_alert_mask(alert::all_categories & ~alert::progress_notification);
-
 	float sum_dl_rate2 = 0.f;
 	float sum_dl_rate3 = 0.f;
 	int count_dl_rates2 = 0;