diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a6971032ec..54c9a42fa5 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -1781,3 +1781,9 @@ David  13 Feb 2006
 		acct_setup.C,h
 		client_state.C
 		net_xfer_curl.C
+
+David  13 Feb 2006
+    - make test_uc.py work again
+
+    test/
+        testbase.py
diff --git a/test/testbase.py b/test/testbase.py
index 6178f021e8..c56562eb2a 100644
--- a/test/testbase.py
+++ b/test/testbase.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class Host:
         self.global_prefs = None
         self.log_flags = 'log_flags.xml'
         self.host_dir = os.path.join(options.hosts_dir, self.name)
-        self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -debug_fake_exponential_backoff -return_results_immediately"
+        self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -return_results_immediately"
         # self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -sched_retry_delay_bin 1"
 
     def add_user(self, user, project):