diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
index 037a54b2..15b8891c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
 
     private static final String KINESIS_SHARD_ID_FORMAT = "kinesis-0-0-%d";
     private static final String CONCURRENCY_TOKEN_FORMAT = "testToken-%d";
-    
+
     private RecordsFetcherFactory recordsFetcherFactory;
     private KinesisClientLibConfiguration config;
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
     private Future<TaskResult> taskFuture;
     @Mock
     private TaskResult taskResult;
-    
+
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         config = spy(new KinesisClientLibConfiguration("app", null, null, null));
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
     }
 
     // CHECKSTYLE:IGNORE AnonInnerLengthCheck FOR NEXT 50 LINES
-    private static final com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.interfaces.IRecordProcessorFactory SAMPLE_RECORD_PROCESSOR_FACTORY = 
+    private static final com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.interfaces.IRecordProcessorFactory SAMPLE_RECORD_PROCESSOR_FACTORY =
             new com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.interfaces.IRecordProcessorFactory() {
 
         @Override
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ public class WorkerTest {
             };
         }
     };
-    
-    private static final IRecordProcessorFactory SAMPLE_RECORD_PROCESSOR_FACTORY_V2 = 
+
+    private static final IRecordProcessorFactory SAMPLE_RECORD_PROCESSOR_FACTORY_V2 =
             new V1ToV2RecordProcessorFactoryAdapter(SAMPLE_RECORD_PROCESSOR_FACTORY);
 
 
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
                 return null;
             }
         }).when(v2RecordProcessor).processRecords(any(ProcessRecordsInput.class));
-        
+
         RecordsFetcherFactory recordsFetcherFactory = mock(RecordsFetcherFactory.class);
         GetRecordsCache getRecordsCache = mock(GetRecordsCache.class);
         when(config.getRecordsFetcherFactory()).thenReturn(recordsFetcherFactory);
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
      * This test is testing the {@link Worker}'s shutdown behavior and by extension the behavior of
      * {@link ThreadPoolExecutor#shutdownNow()}. It depends on the thread pool sending an interrupt to the pool threads.
      * This behavior makes the test a bit racy, since we need to ensure a specific order of events.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws Exception
      */
     @Test
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
                 executorService,
                 metricsFactory,
                 taskBackoffTimeMillis,
-                failoverTimeMillis, 
+                failoverTimeMillis,
                 false,
                 shardPrioritization);
 
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
                 config,
                 streamConfig,
                 INITIAL_POSITION_TRIM_HORIZON,
-                parentShardPollIntervalMillis, 
+                parentShardPollIntervalMillis,
                 shardSyncIntervalMillis,
                 cleanupLeasesUponShardCompletion,
                 leaseCoordinator,
@@ -1482,7 +1482,6 @@ public class WorkerTest {
             .recordProcessorFactory(recordProcessorFactory)
             .config(config)
             .build();
-        Assert.assertNotNull(worker.getStreamConfig().getStreamProxy());
         Assert.assertTrue(worker.getStreamConfig().getStreamProxy() instanceof KinesisProxy);
     }
 
@@ -1496,7 +1495,6 @@ public class WorkerTest {
             .config(config)
             .kinesisProxy(kinesisProxy)
             .build();
-        Assert.assertNotNull(worker.getStreamConfig().getStreamProxy());
         Assert.assertTrue(worker.getStreamConfig().getStreamProxy() instanceof KinesisLocalFileProxy);
     }
 
@@ -1801,7 +1799,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
         TestStreamletFactory recordProcessorFactory = new TestStreamletFactory(recordCounter, shardSequenceVerifier);
 
         ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(threadPoolSize);
-        
+
         WorkerThread workerThread = runWorker(
                 shardList, initialLeases, callProcessRecordsForEmptyRecordList, failoverTimeMillis,
                 numberOfRecordsPerShard, fileBasedProxy, recordProcessorFactory, executorService, nullMetricsFactory, clientConfig);
@@ -1857,7 +1855,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
                 idleTimeInMilliseconds,
                 callProcessRecordsForEmptyRecordList,
                 skipCheckpointValidationValue, InitialPositionInStreamExtended.newInitialPositionAtTimestamp(timestamp));
-        
+
         Worker worker =
                 new Worker(stageName,
                         recordProcessorFactory,
@@ -1874,7 +1872,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
                         failoverTimeMillis,
                         KinesisClientLibConfiguration.DEFAULT_SKIP_SHARD_SYNC_AT_STARTUP_IF_LEASES_EXIST,
                         shardPrioritization);
-        
+
         WorkerThread workerThread = new WorkerThread(worker);
         workerThread.start();
         return workerThread;