diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/play-2.3.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/play-2.3.gradle
index 1e5c01151b..fc88656192 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/play-2.3.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/play-2.3.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ testSets {
 dependencies {
   main_java8Compile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: 'play_2.11', version: '2.3.0'
 
-  testCompile project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-3.9')
+  testCompile project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-3.8')
 
   testCompile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: 'play-java_2.11', version: '2.3.0'
   testCompile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: 'play-java-ws_2.11', version: '2.3.0'
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/client/PlayWSClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/client/PlayWSClientTest.groovy
index e9165f086b..e254806bb4 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/client/PlayWSClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/client/PlayWSClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package client
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpClientTest
-import datadog.trace.instrumentation.netty39.client.NettyHttpClientDecorator
+import datadog.trace.instrumentation.netty38.client.NettyHttpClientDecorator
 import play.GlobalSettings
 import play.libs.ws.WS
 import play.test.FakeApplication
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ class PlayWSClientTest extends HttpClientTest {
   @Shared
   def application = new FakeApplication(new File("."), FakeApplication.class.getClassLoader(), Collections.emptyMap(), Collections.emptyList(), new GlobalSettings())
 
-//  @Subject
-//  @Shared
-//  @AutoCleanup
-//  def client = WS.client()
-
   def setup() {
     Helpers.start(application)
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
index 9267d0b9c7..c8ce2c32c5 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
 import datadog.trace.api.DDTags
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
-import datadog.trace.instrumentation.netty39.server.NettyHttpServerDecorator
+import datadog.trace.instrumentation.netty38.server.NettyHttpServerDecorator
 import datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator
 import play.api.test.TestServer