diff --git a/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_replica_set.wsgi b/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_replica_set.wsgi
index fef57611a..a43dff146 100644
--- a/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_replica_set.wsgi
+++ b/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_replica_set.wsgi
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, repository_path)
 import pymongo
 from pymongo.mongo_replica_set_client import MongoReplicaSetClient
 
-# auto_start_request is part of the PYTHON-353 pathology
-client = MongoReplicaSetClient(replicaSet='repl0', auto_start_request=True)
+client = MongoReplicaSetClient(replicaSet='repl0')
 collection = client.test.test
 
 ndocs = 20
@@ -45,6 +44,8 @@ except:
 
 
 def application(environ, start_response):
+    # Requests are part of the PYTHON-353 pathology.
+    client.start_request()
     results = list(collection.find().batch_size(10))
     assert len(results) == ndocs
     output = 'python %s, mod_wsgi %s, pymongo %s' % (
diff --git a/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_single_server.wsgi b/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_single_server.wsgi
index 995bc668a..9285561ca 100644
--- a/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_single_server.wsgi
+++ b/test/mod_wsgi_test/mod_wsgi_test_single_server.wsgi
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, repository_path)
 import pymongo
 from pymongo.mongo_client import MongoClient
 
-# auto_start_request is part of the PYTHON-353 pathology
-client = MongoClient(auto_start_request=True)
+client = MongoClient()
 collection = client.test.test
 
 ndocs = 20
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ except:
 
 
 def application(environ, start_response):
+    # Requests are part of the PYTHON-353 pathology.
+    client.start_request()
     results = list(collection.find().batch_size(10))
     assert len(results) == ndocs
     output = 'python %s, mod_wsgi %s, pymongo %s' % (