diff --git a/tests/executables_src/testFanoutConnections.cc b/tests/executables_src/testFanoutConnections.cc
index 70f5e10f355bb8d23ffccfe960acd826e4938d1b..ffac2352a72ca256c7ec063f78bc1015a8a89554 100644
--- a/tests/executables_src/testFanoutConnections.cc
+++ b/tests/executables_src/testFanoutConnections.cc
@@ -36,67 +36,57 @@ struct TestModule1 : ctk::ApplicationModule {
   }
 };
 
+// FIXME: This test is probably already covered by one of the other test cases
+// What it previously tested, a different connection order of device and application to CS, is
+// no longer possible.
+//
 // the connection code has to create a consuming fan out because m1.i3 is a poll type consumer,
 // and a trigger fan out because m1.i1 only has one push type consumer in the CS
 struct TestApplication1 : ctk::Application {
-  TestApplication1(bool connectDeviceFirst) : Application("testApp"), _connectDeviceFirst(connectDeviceFirst) {}
-  ~TestApplication1() { shutdown(); }
+  TestApplication1() : Application("testApp") {}
+  ~TestApplication1() override { shutdown(); }
 
-  /*void defineConnections() {
-    if(_connectDeviceFirst) {
-      device.connectTo(cs, cs("deviceTrigger", typeid(int), 1));
-      findTag(".*").connectTo(cs);
-    }
-    else {
-      findTag(".*").connectTo(cs);
-      device.connectTo(cs, cs("deviceTrigger", typeid(int), 1));
-    }
-  }*/
   constexpr static char const* dummyCDD1 = "(dummy?map=testDataValidity1.map)";
 
   TestModule1 m1{this, "m1", ""};
-  ctk::DeviceModule device{this, dummyCDD1};
-
-  bool _connectDeviceFirst;
+  ctk::DeviceModule device{this, dummyCDD1, "/deviceTrigger"};
 };
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testConnectConsumingFanout) {
-  for(int deviceFirst = 0; deviceFirst < 2; ++deviceFirst) {
-    TestApplication1 theApp(deviceFirst);
-    ctk::TestFacility testFacility{theApp};
-    ChimeraTK::Device dummy(TestApplication1::dummyCDD1);
+  TestApplication1 theApp;
+  ctk::TestFacility testFacility{theApp};
+  ChimeraTK::Device dummy(TestApplication1::dummyCDD1);
 
-    // write iniial values to the dummy before starting the application
-    dummy.open();
-    dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 12);
-    dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 32);
+  // write initial values to the dummy before starting the application
+  dummy.open();
+  dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 12);
+  dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 32);
 
-    testFacility.runApplication();
+  testFacility.runApplication();
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 12);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 32);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 12);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 32);
 
-    // check that the trigger only affects i1
-    dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 13);
-    dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 33);
+  // check that the trigger only affects i1
+  dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 13);
+  dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 33);
 
-    testFacility.writeScalar<int>("deviceTrigger", 1);
-    testFacility.stepApplication();
+  testFacility.getVoid("deviceTrigger").write();
+  testFacility.stepApplication();
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 13);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 32);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 13);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 32);
 
-    // check that the module trigger updates i3
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/moduleOutput"), 0);
+  // check that the module trigger updates i3
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/moduleOutput"), 0);
 
-    dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 14);
-    dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 34);
+  dummy.write("m1/i1/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 14);
+  dummy.write("m1/i3/DUMMY_WRITEABLE", 34);
 
-    testFacility.writeScalar<int>("m1/moduleTrigger", 1);
-    testFacility.stepApplication();
+  testFacility.writeScalar<int>("m1/moduleTrigger", 1);
+  testFacility.stepApplication();
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 13);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 34);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/moduleOutput"), 34);
-  }
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i1"), 13);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/i3"), 34);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testFacility.readScalar<int>("m1/moduleOutput"), 34);
 }