diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 pytest-mock
 requests-mock
 swh.core[http] >= 0.0.95
-swh.loader.git >= 0.1.2
+swh.loader.git >= 0.8.0
 swh.storage >= 0.1.1
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/data.py b/swh/web/tests/data.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/data.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/data.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from swh.model.hashutil import DEFAULT_ALGORITHMS, hash_to_bytes, hash_to_hex
 from swh.model.model import Content, Directory, Origin, OriginVisit, OriginVisitStatus
 from swh.search import get_search
+from swh.storage import get_storage
 from swh.storage.algos.dir_iterators import dir_iterator
 from swh.storage.algos.snapshot import snapshot_get_latest
 from swh.storage.interface import Sha1
@@ -34,13 +35,6 @@
 
 # Module used to initialize data that will be provided as tests input
 
-# Configuration for git loader
-_TEST_LOADER_CONFIG = {
-    "storage": {"cls": "memory",},
-    "save_data": False,
-    "max_content_size": 100 * 1024 * 1024,
-}
-
 # Base content indexer configuration
 _TEST_INDEXER_BASE_CONFIG = {
     "storage": {"cls": "memory"},
@@ -171,7 +165,7 @@
 # Tests data initialization
 def _init_tests_data():
     # To hold reference to the memory storage
-    storage = None
+    storage = get_storage("memory")
 
     # Create search instance
     search = get_search("memory")
@@ -196,14 +190,9 @@
                 os.path.dirname(__file__), "resources/repos/%s" % archive_
             )
             loader = GitLoaderFromArchive(
-                origin["url"],
-                archive_path=origin_repo_archive,
-                config=_TEST_LOADER_CONFIG,
+                storage, origin["url"], archive_path=origin_repo_archive,
             )
-            if storage is None:
-                storage = loader.storage
-            else:
-                loader.storage = storage
+
             result = loader.load()
             assert result["status"] == "eventful"