diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index c32d25923f5c0b30ff3fb4018b91404be78570a0..6e6306fb428ff902494a974e5b55d3869254c61e 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pytest
 dulwich >= 0.18.7
 swh.loader.core
-swh.loader.git >= 0.0.52
+swh.loader.git >= 0.8
 swh.storage[testing]
 pytest-mock
diff --git a/swh/vault/tests/test_cookers.py b/swh/vault/tests/test_cookers.py
index 714bfdaeea6175cd9eb38ea2347ee4a44671b3ae..46d23c5b4d9fce6ff95abc57dba20eb5879e1b50 100644
--- a/swh/vault/tests/test_cookers.py
+++ b/swh/vault/tests/test_cookers.py
@@ -124,28 +124,18 @@ class TestRepo:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def swh_loader_config(swh_loader_config):
-    swh_loader_config["max_content_size"] = 100 * 1024 * 1024
-    return swh_loader_config
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def git_loader(
-    swh_storage, swh_loader_config,
-):
+def git_loader(swh_storage,):
     """Instantiate a Git Loader using the storage instance as storage.
 
     """
 
     def _create_loader(directory):
-        loader = GitLoaderFromDisk(
+        return GitLoaderFromDisk(
+            swh_storage,
             "fake_origin",
             directory=directory,
             visit_date=datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc),
-            config=swh_loader_config,
         )
-        loader.storage = swh_storage
-        return loader
 
     return _create_loader