diff --git a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/check_es_version.js b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/check_es_version.js
index 51424a841af4df..1c1ece01c41229 100644
--- a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/check_es_version.js
+++ b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/check_es_version.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
+import url from 'url';
 
+import serverConfig from '../../../../../test/serverConfig';
 import checkEsVersion from '../check_es_version';
 
 describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
             status: {
               red: sinon.stub()
             },
-            url: 'http://localhost:9210'
+            url: url.format(serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch)
           }
         }
       };
diff --git a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/health_check.js b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/health_check.js
index 3292ba67abb08c..5065e7bc59ce96 100644
--- a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/health_check.js
+++ b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/health_check.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import expect from 'expect.js';
+import url from 'url';
+
 const NoConnections = require('elasticsearch').errors.NoConnections;
 
 import healthCheck from '../health_check';
+import serverConfig from '../../../../../test/serverConfig';
+
+const esPort = serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch.port;
+const esUrl = url.format(serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch);
 
 describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
   describe('lib/health_check', function () {
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
         nodes: {
           'node-01': {
             version: '1.5.0',
-            http_address: 'inet[/127.0.0.1:9210]',
+            http_address: `inet[/127.0.0.1:${esPort}]`,
             ip: '127.0.0.1'
           }
         }
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
 
     it('should set the cluster red if the ping fails, then to green', function () {
 
-      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns('http://localhost:9210');
+      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns(esUrl);
       get.withArgs('elasticsearch.engineVersion').returns('^1.4.4');
       get.withArgs('kibana.index').returns('.my-kibana');
       client.ping.onCall(0).returns(Promise.reject(new NoConnections()));
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
           expect(plugin.status.yellow.args[0][0]).to.be('Waiting for Elasticsearch');
           sinon.assert.calledOnce(plugin.status.red);
           expect(plugin.status.red.args[0][0]).to.be(
-            'Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://localhost:9210.'
+            `Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at ${esUrl}.`
           );
           sinon.assert.calledTwice(client.ping);
           sinon.assert.calledOnce(client.nodes.info);
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
     });
 
     it('should set the cluster red if the health check status is red, then to green', function () {
-      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns('http://localhost:9210');
+      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns(esUrl);
       get.withArgs('elasticsearch.engineVersion').returns('^1.4.4');
       get.withArgs('kibana.index').returns('.my-kibana');
       client.ping.returns(Promise.resolve());
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
     });
 
     it('should set the cluster yellow if the health check timed_out and create index', function () {
-      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns('http://localhost:9210');
+      get.withArgs('elasticsearch.url').returns(esUrl);
       get.withArgs('elasticsearch.engineVersion').returns('^1.4.4');
       get.withArgs('kibana.index').returns('.my-kibana');
       client.ping.returns(Promise.resolve());
diff --git a/src/ui/public/utils/__tests__/scanner.js b/src/ui/public/utils/__tests__/scanner.js
index 9e1c89d8d7c85f..9abc4ca618c779 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/utils/__tests__/scanner.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/utils/__tests__/scanner.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import Bluebird from 'bluebird';
 import 'elasticsearch-browser';
 import ngMock from 'ngMock';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
+import url from 'url';
+
+import serverConfig from '../../../../../test/serverConfig';
 
 describe('Scanner', function () {
   let es;
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Scanner', function () {
   beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana'));
   beforeEach(ngMock.inject(function (esFactory) {
     es = esFactory({
-      host: 'http://localhost:9210',
+      host: url.format(serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch),
       defer: function () {
         return Bluebird.defer();
       }
diff --git a/tasks/config/esvm.js b/tasks/config/esvm.js
index 0b1618a53981d7..38b2468a2549c6 100644
--- a/tasks/config/esvm.js
+++ b/tasks/config/esvm.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   var resolve = require('path').resolve;
   var directory = resolve(__dirname, '../../esvm');
   var dataDir = resolve(directory, 'data_dir');
-  var uiConfig = require('../../test/serverConfig');
+  var serverConfig = require('../../test/serverConfig');
 
   return {
     options: {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         purge: true,
         config: {
           http: {
-            port: 9210
+            port: serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch.port
           },
           cluster: {
             name: 'esvm-test'
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         purge: true,
         config: {
           http: {
-            port: uiConfig.servers.elasticsearch.port
+            port: serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch.port
           },
           cluster: {
             name: 'esvm-ui'
diff --git a/test/utils/__tests__/getPage.js b/test/utils/__tests__/getPage.js
index 19ce3a1fae24b7..1c2b0bf2dd871d 100644
--- a/test/utils/__tests__/getPage.js
+++ b/test/utils/__tests__/getPage.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe('getUrl', function () {
     expect(url).to.be('http://localhost/foo');
   });
 
-  it('should convert to a secure url with port', function () {
+  it('should convert to a url with port', function () {
     var url = getUrl({
       protocol: 'http',
       hostname: 'localhost',
diff --git a/test/utils/kbn_server.js b/test/utils/kbn_server.js
index eb77401615dc34..cc5649669cb190 100644
--- a/test/utils/kbn_server.js
+++ b/test/utils/kbn_server.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import url from 'url';
 import { defaultsDeep, set } from 'lodash';
 import { header as basicAuthHeader } from './base_auth';
 import { kibanaUser, kibanaServer } from '../shield';
 import KbnServer from '../../src/server/KbnServer';
 import fromRoot from '../../src/utils/fromRoot';
+import serverConfig from '../serverConfig';
 
 const SERVER_DEFAULTS = {
   server: {
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ const SERVER_DEFAULTS = {
     enabled: false
   },
   elasticsearch: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:9210',
+    url: url.format(serverConfig.servers.elasticsearch),
     username: kibanaServer.username,
     password: kibanaServer.password
   }