When developing an intellij plugin I have a plugin.xml file with certain postStartupActivity entries that slow down and freeze up the tests. If I remove this entry the tests pass immediately. Its not necessary this runs for the tests.. how can I remove this specifically when running tests.

Example plugin.xml:

<idea-plugin url="https://github.com/mycompany/myplugin"  require-restart="true" >

    <id>com.mycompany.myplugin</id>
    <name>My Plugin</name>
    <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
        <applicationConfigurable
                parentId="appearance"
                groupWeight="40"
                instance="com.mycompany.MyConfigurable"
                id="my.id"
                displayName="My Plugin"/>

        <applicationService serviceImplementation="com.mycompany.MyMainService"/>

        <!-- COMMENTING OUT THIS PROBLEM ACTIVITY LETS TEST RUN -->
        <!-- HOW DO I prevent this from loading... and/or REPLACE THIS FILE with one that doesnt contain this entry -->
        <postStartupActivity implementation="com.mycompany.slowActivity"/>

    </extensions>
</idea-plugin>

example test

// HANGS if i don't comment above postStartupActivity
public class MyTest extends BasePlatformTestCase {  
    @Test
    public void aTest(){
        assertEquals(1, 1);
    }
}