diff --git a/apier/v1/precache_it_test.go b/apier/v1/precache_it_test.go
index 9c5d0ebfe..78eaa1600 100644
--- a/apier/v1/precache_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/precache_it_test.go
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ func testPrecacheGetCacheStatsAfterRestart(t *testing.T) {
 			Items:  0,
 			Groups: 0,
 		},
+		utils.CacheRPCConnections: {
+			Items:  0,
+			Groups: 0,
+		},
 	}
 	if err := precacheRPC.Call(utils.CacheSv1GetCacheStats, args, &reply); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/config/config_it_test.go b/config/config_it_test.go
index 9ee5102e7..576a11a55 100644
--- a/config/config_it_test.go
+++ b/config/config_it_test.go
@@ -465,13 +465,8 @@ func TestCGRConfigReloadERs(t *testing.T) {
 		&FCTemplate{Tag: utils.Usage, FieldId: utils.Usage, Type: utils.META_COMPOSED, Value: NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.13", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP), Mandatory: true},
 	}
 	expAttr := &ERsCfg{
-		Enabled: true,
-		SessionSConns: []*RemoteHost{
-			&RemoteHost{
-				Address:   "127.0.0.1:2012",
-				Transport: utils.MetaJSON,
-			},
-		},
+		Enabled:       true,
+		SessionSConns: []string{utils.MetaLocalHost},
 		Readers: []*EventReaderCfg{
 			&EventReaderCfg{
 				ID:             utils.META_DEFAULT,
diff --git a/config/configsanity.go b/config/configsanity.go
index e211ab384..f74a6d352 100644
--- a/config/configsanity.go
+++ b/config/configsanity.go
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func (cfg *CGRConfig) checkConfigSanity() error {
 	// DataDB sanity checks
 	if cfg.dataDbCfg.DataDbType == utils.INTERNAL {
 		for key, config := range cfg.cacheCfg {
-			if key == utils.CacheDiameterMessages || key == utils.CacheClosedSessions {
+			if key == utils.CacheDiameterMessages || key == utils.CacheClosedSessions || key == utils.CacheRPCConnections {
 				if config.Limit == 0 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("<%s> %s needs to be != 0 when DataBD is *internal, found 0.", utils.CacheS, key)
 				}
diff --git a/engine/caches.go b/engine/caches.go
index 85e5fbb04..da7d9425d 100644
--- a/engine/caches.go
+++ b/engine/caches.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ var precachedPartitions = utils.StringMap{
 	utils.CacheChargerProfiles:     true,
 	utils.CacheDispatcherProfiles:  true,
 	utils.CacheDispatcherHosts:     true,
-	utils.CacheRPCConnections:      true,
 
 	utils.CacheAttributeFilterIndexes:  true,
 	utils.CacheResourceFilterIndexes:   true,
diff --git a/engine/libtest.go b/engine/libtest.go
index 52934ceea..5bec65b40 100644
--- a/engine/libtest.go
+++ b/engine/libtest.go
@@ -610,5 +610,9 @@ func GetDefaultEmptyCacheStats() map[string]*ltcache.CacheStats {
 			Items:  0,
 			Groups: 0,
 		},
+		utils.CacheRPCConnections: {
+			Items:  0,
+			Groups: 0,
+		},
 	}
 }