diff --git a/ndb/test/run-test/main.cpp b/ndb/test/run-test/main.cpp
index e5f73bc6a5c..ac7710d9546 100644
--- a/ndb/test/run-test/main.cpp
+++ b/ndb/test/run-test/main.cpp
@@ -538,15 +538,19 @@ connect_ndb_mgm(atrt_process & proc){
   }
   BaseString tmp = proc.m_hostname;
   tmp.appfmt(":%d", proc.m_ndb_mgm_port);
-  time_t start = time(0);
-  const time_t max_connect_time = 30;
-  do {
-    if(ndb_mgm_connect(handle, tmp.c_str()) != -1){
-      proc.m_ndb_mgm_handle = handle;
-      return true;
-    }
-    sleep(1);
-  } while(time(0) < (start + max_connect_time));
+
+  if (ndb_mgm_set_connectstring(handle,tmp.c_str()))
+  {
+    g_logger.critical("Unable to create parse connectstring");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if(ndb_mgm_connect(handle, 30, 1, 0) != -1)
+  {
+    proc.m_ndb_mgm_handle = handle;
+    return true;
+  }
+
   g_logger.critical("Unable to connect to ndb mgm %s", tmp.c_str());
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/ndb/test/src/NdbBackup.cpp b/ndb/test/src/NdbBackup.cpp
index 1ce48d495a5..398a7c32fc4 100644
--- a/ndb/test/src/NdbBackup.cpp
+++ b/ndb/test/src/NdbBackup.cpp
@@ -69,16 +69,14 @@ NdbBackup::getBackupDataDirForNode(int _node_id){
   /**
    * Fetch configuration from management server
    */
-  LocalConfig lc;
-  if (!lc.init(0,0)) {
-    abort();
-  }
-  ConfigRetriever cr(lc, 0, NODE_TYPE_API);
+  ConfigRetriever cr(0, 0, NODE_TYPE_API);
   ndb_mgm_configuration * p = 0;
 
   BaseString tmp; tmp.assfmt("%s:%d", host.c_str(), port);
   NdbMgmHandle handle = ndb_mgm_create_handle();
-  if(handle == 0 || ndb_mgm_connect(handle, tmp.c_str()) != 0 ||
+  if(handle == 0 || 
+     ndb_mgm_set_connectstring(handle,tmp.c_str()) != 0 ||
+     ndb_mgm_connect(handle,0,0,0) != 0 ||
      (p = ndb_mgm_get_configuration(handle, 0)) == 0){
     
     const char * s = 0;
diff --git a/ndb/test/src/NdbRestarter.cpp b/ndb/test/src/NdbRestarter.cpp
index 4d6d3ddc001..e1802f36e82 100644
--- a/ndb/test/src/NdbRestarter.cpp
+++ b/ndb/test/src/NdbRestarter.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <NdbOut.hpp>
 #include <NdbSleep.h>
 #include <NdbTick.h>
-#include <LocalConfig.hpp>
 #include <mgmapi_debug.h>
 #include <NDBT_Output.hpp>
 #include <random.h>
@@ -38,37 +37,7 @@ NdbRestarter::NdbRestarter(const char* _addr):
   m_config(0)
 {
   if (_addr == NULL){
-    LocalConfig lcfg;
-    if(!lcfg.init()){
-      lcfg.printError();
-      lcfg.printUsage();
-      g_err  << "NdbRestarter - Error parsing local config file" << endl;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (lcfg.ids.size() == 0){
-      g_err << "NdbRestarter - No management servers configured in local config file" << endl;
-      return;
-    }
-  
-    for (int i = 0; i<lcfg.ids.size(); i++){
-      MgmtSrvrId * m = &lcfg.ids[i];
-      
-      switch(m->type){
-      case MgmId_TCP:
-	char buf[255];
-	snprintf(buf, 255, "%s:%d", m->name.c_str(), m->port);
-	addr.assign(buf);
-	host.assign(m->name.c_str());
-	port = m->port;
-	return;
-	break;
-      case MgmId_File:
-	break;
-      default:
-	break;
-      }
-    }
+    addr.assign("");
   } else {
     addr.assign(_addr);
   }
@@ -397,7 +366,15 @@ NdbRestarter::connect(){
     return -1;
   }
   g_info << "Connecting to mgmsrv at " << addr.c_str() << endl;
-  if (ndb_mgm_connect(handle, addr.c_str()) == -1) {
+  if (ndb_mgm_set_connectstring(handle,addr.c_str()))
+  {
+    MGMERR(handle);
+    g_err  << "Connection to " << addr.c_str() << " failed" << endl;
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (ndb_mgm_connect(handle, 0, 0, 0) == -1)
+  {
     MGMERR(handle);
     g_err  << "Connection to " << addr.c_str() << " failed" << endl;
     return -1;