diff --git a/cobra/cmd/add_test.go b/cobra/cmd/add_test.go
index 8cda321e..0c46bc58 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/add_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/add_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ func TestGoldenAddCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	initializeProject(project)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(project.AbsPath())
 
-	viper.Set("year", 2017) // For reproducible builds.
+	viper.Set("author", "NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>")
+	viper.Set("license", "apache")
+	viper.Set("year", 2017)
+	defer viper.Set("author", nil)
+	defer viper.Set("license", nil)
 	defer viper.Set("year", nil)
 
 	// Then add the "test" command.
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
index 115f5d2f..40eb4038 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ func TestGoldenInitCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	project := NewProject(projectName)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(project.AbsPath())
 
-	viper.Set("year", 2017) // For reproducible builds.
+	viper.Set("author", "NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>")
+	viper.Set("license", "apache")
+	viper.Set("year", 2017)
+	defer viper.Set("author", nil)
+	defer viper.Set("license", nil)
 	defer viper.Set("year", nil)
 
 	os.Args = []string{"cobra", "init", projectName}