diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index a61f4d545..bae5031a3 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  - fix: Daily recurring payment reports should now be sent to the 
         configured "commerceSendDailyReportTo" address.
  - fix: Closed Posts Displaying in CS
+ - RFE: testEnvironment improvement
  - fix: Cannot add new page to the Wiki
+ - Removed the requirement for DBIx::FullTextSearch from testEnvironment.pl
+	since it hasn't been needed since 6.5. It was just never removed.
 
 7.3.3
  - fix: Wiki Purge throws fatal
diff --git a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
index b430c166b..9725b5a28 100644
--- a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
+++ b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ checkModule("HTML::TagFilter",0.07);
 checkModule("HTML::Template",2.7);
 checkModule("Parse::PlainConfig",1.1);
 checkModule("XML::RSSLite",0.11);
-checkModule("DBIx::FullTextSearch",0.73);
 
 
 ###################################
@@ -237,6 +236,7 @@ sub failAndExit {
 sub getLatestWebguiVersion {
         printTest("Getting current WebGUI version");
         my $currentversionUserAgent = new LWP::UserAgent;
+	$currentversionUserAgent->env_proxy;
 	$currentversionUserAgent->agent("WebGUI-Check/2.1");
         $currentversionUserAgent->timeout(30);
         $currentversionUserAgent->env_proxy();