diff --git a/tests/weston-test.c b/tests/weston-test.c
index 3b5e7cb5..486cd6a9 100644
--- a/tests/weston-test.c
+++ b/tests/weston-test.c
@@ -191,10 +191,9 @@ bind_test(struct wl_client *client, void *data, uint32_t version, uint32_t id)
 	struct weston_test *test = data;
 	struct wl_resource *resource;
 
-	resource = wl_client_add_versioned_object(client, &wl_test_interface,
-						  1, id);
-	wl_resource_set_implementation(resource, &test_implementation,
-				       test, NULL);
+	resource = wl_resource_create(client, &wl_test_interface, 1, id);
+	wl_resource_set_implementation(resource,
+				       &test_implementation, test, NULL);
 
 	notify_pointer_position(test, resource);
 }