diff --git a/test/TestPlayBook.py b/test/TestPlayBook.py
index 24568464223..72c0b69ccae 100644
--- a/test/TestPlayBook.py
+++ b/test/TestPlayBook.py
@@ -139,20 +139,27 @@ class TestPlaybook(unittest.TestCase):
            callbacks        = self.test_callbacks,
            runner_callbacks = self.test_callbacks
        )
-       results = self.playbook.run()
-       return dict(
-           results = results,
-           events = EVENTS
-       ) 
+       return self.playbook.run()
 
    def test_one(self):
        pb = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'playbook1.yml')
-       expected = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'playbook1.events')
-       expected = utils.json_loads(file(expected).read())
        actual = self._run(pb)
+
        # if different, this will output to screen 
+       print "**ACTUAL**"
        print utils.bigjson(actual)
-       assert cmp(expected, actual) == 0, "expected events match actual events"
+       expected =  { 
+            "127.0.0.2": {
+                "changed": 9, 
+                "failures": 0, 
+                "ok": 12, 
+                "skipped": 1, 
+                "unreachable": 0
+            }
+       }
+       print "**EXPECTED**"
+       print utils.bigjson(expected)
+       assert utils.bigjson(expected) == utils.bigjson(actual)
 
        # make sure the template module took options from the vars section
        data = file('/tmp/ansible_test_data_template.out').read()
diff --git a/test/playbook1.events b/test/playbook1.events
deleted file mode 100644
index feada7fe0a2..00000000000
--- a/test/playbook1.events
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,322 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "events": [
-        "start", 
-        [
-            "play start", 
-            [
-                "all"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "answer": "Wuh, I think so, Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.", 
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "metadata": "/etc/ansible/setup", 
-                    "port": 5150, 
-                    "written": "/etc/ansible/setup"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "import", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                "/home/mdehaan/ansible/test/common_vars.yml"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "import", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                "/home/mdehaan/ansible/test/CentOS.yml"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "answer": "Wuh, I think so, Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.", 
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cow": "moo", 
-                    "duck": "quack", 
-                    "metadata": "/etc/ansible/setup", 
-                    "port": 5150, 
-                    "testing": "default", 
-                    "written": "/etc/ansible/setup"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test basic success command", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": [
-                        "/bin/true"
-                    ], 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": ""
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test basic success command 2", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": [
-                        "/bin/true"
-                    ], 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": ""
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test basic shell, plus two ways to dereference a variable", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "echo $HOME 5150 5150 ", 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": "/root 5150 5150"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test vars_files imports", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "echo quack moo default ", 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": "quack moo default"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test copy", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "group": "root", 
-                    "mode": 420, 
-                    "path": "/tmp/ansible_test_data_copy.out", 
-                    "state": "file", 
-                    "user": "root"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "notify", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                "on change 1"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "test template", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "group": "root", 
-                    "mode": 420, 
-                    "path": "/tmp/ansible_test_data_template.out", 
-                    "state": "file", 
-                    "user": "root"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "notify", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                "on change 1"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "notify", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                "on change 2"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "async poll test", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "started": 1
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "started": 1
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "async poll", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "sleep 5 ", 
-                    "finished": 1, 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": ""
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "this should be skipped", 
-                false
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "skipped", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2"
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "on change 1", 
-                true
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "echo 'this should fire once' ", 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": "this should fire once"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "echo 'this should fire once'  ", 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": "this should fire once"
-                }
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "task start", 
-            [
-                "on change 2", 
-                true
-            ]
-        ], 
-        [
-            "ok", 
-            [
-                "127.0.0.2", 
-                {
-                    "changed": true, 
-                    "cmd": "echo 'this should fire once also' ", 
-                    "rc": 0, 
-                    "stderr": "", 
-                    "stdout": "this should fire once also"
-                }
-            ]
-        ]
-    ], 
-    "results": {
-        "127.0.0.2": {
-            "changed": 9, 
-            "failures": 0, 
-            "ok": 12, 
-            "skipped": 1, 
-            "unreachable": 0
-        }
-    }
-}
-