diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
index 10446c7f5c..dc00fc41f0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -42,15 +42,24 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         #endregion
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// used for unit tests
+        /// Used in unit testing to reset all config items that were set with property setters (i.e. did not come from config)
         /// </summary>
-        internal static void ResetCache()
+        private static void ResetInternal()
         {
             _reservedUrlsCache = null;
             _reservedPaths = null;
             _reservedUrls = null;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resets settings that were set programmatically, to their initial values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>To be used in unit tests.</remarks>
+        internal static void Reset()
+        {
+            ResetInternal();
+        }
+
     	/// <summary>
         /// Gets the reserved urls from web.config.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
index c010e24347..4e4b0b5801 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         /// <summary>
 		/// Used in unit testing to reset all config items that were set with property setters (i.e. did not come from config)
 		/// </summary>
-		private static void ResetSetters()
+		private static void ResetInternal()
 		{
 			_addTrailingSlash = null;			
 			_forceSafeAliases = null;
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         /// <remarks>To be used in unit tests.</remarks>
         internal static void Reset()
         {
-            ResetSetters();
+            ResetInternal();
 
             using (new WriteLock(SectionsLock))
             {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
index 5040927000..7dd9e64e52 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
         public static void Reset()
         {
             UmbracoSettings.Reset();
-            GlobalSettings.ResetCache();
+            GlobalSettings.Reset();
+
             foreach (var kvp in SavedAppSettings)
                 ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Set(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);