diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 from os.path import join, dirname
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import requests_mock
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 
 from swh.lister.cgit.lister import CGitLister
-from swh.lister.tests.test_utils import init_db
 
 
 DATADIR = join(dirname(__file__), 'data')
@@ -73,14 +70,27 @@
         assert len(repos) == 16
 
 
-def test_lister_run():
-    with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
-        m.get(re.compile('http://git.tizen/cgit/'), text=get_response_cb)
-        db = init_db()
-        conf = {'lister': {'cls': 'local', 'args': {'db': db.url()}}}
-        lister = CGitLister(url='http://git.tizen/cgit/',
-                            override_config=conf)
-        engine = create_engine(db.url())
-        lister.MODEL.metadata.create_all(engine)
-        lister.schedule_missing_tasks = Mock(return_value=None)
-        lister.run()
+def test_lister_run(requests_mock, swh_listers):
+    lister = swh_listers['cgit']
+    requests_mock.get(re.compile('http://git.tizen/cgit/'),
+                      text=get_response_cb)
+    lister.url = 'http://git.tizen/cgit/'
+    lister.run()
+
+    r = lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type='load-git')
+    assert len(r) == 16
+
+    for row in r:
+        assert row['type'] == 'load-git'
+        # arguments check
+        args = row['arguments']['args']
+        assert len(args) == 1
+
+        url = args[0]
+        assert url.startswith('https://git.tizen')
+
+        # kwargs
+        kwargs = row['arguments']['kwargs']
+        assert kwargs == {}
+        assert row['policy'] == 'recurring'
+        assert row['priority'] is None