diff --git a/src/rebar_eunit.erl b/src/rebar_eunit.erl
index 0c52c58..21228df 100644
--- a/src/rebar_eunit.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_eunit.erl
@@ -132,12 +132,14 @@ eunit(Config, _AppFile) ->
     ModuleBeamFiles = BeamFiles ++ OtherBeamFiles,
     Modules = [rebar_utils:beam_to_mod(?EUNIT_DIR, N) || N <- ModuleBeamFiles],
     SrcModules = [rebar_utils:erl_to_mod(M) || M <- SrcErls],
+    Suites = get_suites(),
+    FilteredModules = filtered_modules(Modules, Suites),
 
     {ok, CoverLog} = cover_init(Config, ModuleBeamFiles),
 
     StatusBefore = status_before_eunit(),
-    EunitResult = perform_eunit(Config, Modules),
-    perform_cover(Config, Modules, SrcModules),
+    EunitResult = perform_eunit(Config, FilteredModules),
+    perform_cover(Config, FilteredModules, SrcModules),
 
     cover_close(CoverLog),
 
@@ -173,10 +175,16 @@ eunit_dir() ->
 ebin_dir() ->
     filename:join(rebar_utils:get_cwd(), "ebin").
 
-perform_eunit(Config, Modules) ->
-    %% suite defined, so only specify the module that relates to the
-    %% suite (if any). Suite can be a comma seperated list of modules to run.
-    Suite = rebar_config:get_global(suite, undefined),
+get_suites() ->
+    Suites = rebar_utils:get_deprecated_global(suite, suites, [], "soon"),
+    [list_to_atom(Suite) || Suite <- string:tokens(Suites, ",")].
+
+filtered_modules(Modules, []) ->
+    Modules;
+filtered_modules(Modules, Suites) ->
+    [M || M <- Modules, lists:member(M, Suites)].
+
+perform_eunit(Config, FilteredModules) ->
     EunitOpts = get_eunit_opts(Config),
 
     %% Move down into ?EUNIT_DIR while we run tests so any generated files
@@ -184,19 +192,13 @@ perform_eunit(Config, Modules) ->
     Cwd = rebar_utils:get_cwd(),
     ok = file:set_cwd(?EUNIT_DIR),
 
-    EunitResult = perform_eunit(EunitOpts, Modules, Suite),
+    EunitResult = (catch eunit:test(FilteredModules, EunitOpts)),
 
     %% Return to original working dir
     ok = file:set_cwd(Cwd),
 
     EunitResult.
 
-perform_eunit(EunitOpts, Modules, undefined) ->
-    (catch eunit:test(Modules, EunitOpts));
-perform_eunit(EunitOpts, _Modules, Suites) ->
-    (catch eunit:test([list_to_atom(Suite) ||
-                          Suite <- string:tokens(Suites, ",")], EunitOpts)).
-
 get_eunit_opts(Config) ->
     %% Enable verbose in eunit if so requested..
     BaseOpts = case rebar_config:is_verbose() of
@@ -260,15 +262,7 @@ perform_cover(true, Config, BeamFiles, SrcModules) ->
 
 cover_analyze(_Config, [], _SrcModules) ->
     ok;
-cover_analyze(Config, Modules, SrcModules) ->
-    %% suite can be a comma seperated list of modules to test
-    Suite = [list_to_atom(S) ||
-                S <- string:tokens(rebar_config:get_global(suite, ""), ",")],
-    FilteredModules = case Suite of
-                          [] -> Modules;
-                          _  -> [M || M <- Modules, lists:member(M, Suite)]
-                      end,
-
+cover_analyze(Config, FilteredModules, SrcModules) ->
     %% Generate coverage info for all the cover-compiled modules
     Coverage = lists:flatten([cover_analyze_mod(M) || M <- FilteredModules]),
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_utils.erl b/src/rebar_utils.erl
index abe837a..27b2440 100644
--- a/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
          deprecated/3, deprecated/4,
          expand_env_variable/3,
          vcs_vsn/2,
-         get_deprecated_global/3,
+         get_deprecated_global/3, get_deprecated_global/4,
          get_deprecated_list/4, get_deprecated_list/5,
          get_deprecated_local/4, get_deprecated_local/5,
          delayed_halt/1]).
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ get_deprecated_global(OldOpt, NewOpt, When) ->
 
 get_deprecated_global(OldOpt, NewOpt, Default, When) ->
     case rebar_config:get_global(NewOpt, Default) of
-        undefined ->
+        Default ->
             case rebar_config:get_global(OldOpt, Default) of
-                undefined ->
-                    undefined;
+                Default ->
+                    Default;
                 Old ->
                     deprecated(OldOpt, NewOpt, When),
                     Old
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ get_deprecated_global(OldOpt, NewOpt, Default, When) ->
             New
     end.
 
-
 get_deprecated_list(Config, OldOpt, NewOpt, When) ->
     get_deprecated_list(Config, OldOpt, NewOpt, undefined, When).