Revert "(maint) Fix Helper tcp socket connection"

This reverts commit e177cb408dbd50335fbd37aa799e05da9689b44b.
Revert "(maint) Fix PE PuppetDB Accp Tests"

This reverts commit 348166b6bacfc58e9fd0c854f488c7930efc742e.
Merge pull request #534 from briancain/maint/1.3.x/revert-pe-acceptance-tests

There are a couple more minor issues (which have to do with pecularities w/specific distros, and with character encoding fun) that these test runs revealed.  We'll have to revisit again once we have a bit more time available.