diff --git a/test-framework/junit5-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/config/QuarkusClassOrderer.java b/test-framework/junit5-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/config/QuarkusClassOrderer.java
index 857c13a842548..38e4b2d408602 100644
--- a/test-framework/junit5-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/config/QuarkusClassOrderer.java
+++ b/test-framework/junit5-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/config/QuarkusClassOrderer.java
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.ClassOrderer;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.ClassOrdererContext;
-import org.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
-import io.quarkus.deployment.dev.testing.TestConfig;
 import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig;
 
 /**
@@ -16,15 +14,22 @@ public class QuarkusClassOrderer implements ClassOrderer {
     private final ClassOrderer delegate;
 
     public QuarkusClassOrderer() {
+        System.out.println("HOLLY class orderer TCCL is " + Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
+        System.out.println("HOLLY I AM " + this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+        ClassLoader original = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
         SmallRyeConfig config = ConfigProvider.getConfig().unwrap(SmallRyeConfig.class);
-        TestConfig testConfig = config.getConfigMapping(TestConfig.class);
-
-        delegate = testConfig.classOrderer()
-                .map(klass -> ReflectionUtils.tryToLoadClass(klass)
-                        .andThenTry(ReflectionUtils::newInstance)
-                        .andThenTry(instance -> (ClassOrderer) instance)
-                        .toOptional().orElse(EMPTY))
-                .orElse(EMPTY);
+        // TODO obviously a bad idea, diagnostic
+        delegate = EMPTY;
+        //        TestConfig testConfig = config.getConfigMapping(TestConfig.class);
+        //
+        //        delegate = testConfig.classOrderer()
+        //                .map(klass -> ReflectionUtils.tryToLoadClass(klass)
+        //                        .andThenTry(ReflectionUtils::newInstance)
+        //                        .andThenTry(instance -> (ClassOrderer) instance)
+        //                        .toOptional().orElse(EMPTY))
+        //                .orElse(EMPTY);
+        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(original);
     }
 
     @Override