diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/__init__.py b/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/__init__.py
index 4bc2a0789..06db5824d 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/__init__.py
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ class CmdlineTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_default_settings(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._execute('settings', '--get', 'TEST1'), \
-            'default + loaded + started')
+            'default + started')
 
     def test_override_settings_using_set_arg(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._execute('settings', '--get', 'TEST1', '-s', 'TEST1=override'), \
-            'override + loaded + started')
+            'override + started')
 
     def test_override_settings_using_envvar(self):
         self.env['SCRAPY_TEST1'] = 'override'
         self.assertEqual(self._execute('settings', '--get', 'TEST1'), \
-            'override + loaded + started')
+            'override + started')
 
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/extensions.py b/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/extensions.py
index 25176c7e2..a7acf1210 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/extensions.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_cmdline/extensions.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """A test extension used to check the settings loading order"""
 
-from scrapy.conf import settings
-
-settings.overrides['TEST1'] = "%s + %s" % (settings['TEST1'], 'loaded')
-
 class TestExtension(object):
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, settings):
         settings.overrides['TEST1'] = "%s + %s" % (settings['TEST1'], 'started')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_crawler(cls, crawler):
+        return cls(crawler.settings)