diff --git a/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-database-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/consumers/database/AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest.java b/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-database-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/consumers/database/AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest.java
index f4bb42990..33f4a62a0 100644
--- a/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-database-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/consumers/database/AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest.java
+++ b/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-database-consumers/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/consumers/database/AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:oching@apache.org">Maria Odea Ching</a>
  */
-public class AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest
+public abstract class AbstractDatabaseCleanupTest
     extends PlexusTestCase
 {
     ArchivaConfiguration archivaConfig;
diff --git a/archiva-reporting/archiva-artifact-reports/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/reporting/artifact/AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase.java b/archiva-reporting/archiva-artifact-reports/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/reporting/artifact/AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase.java
index 8ebbca69e..40630faa4 100644
--- a/archiva-reporting/archiva-artifact-reports/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/reporting/artifact/AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase.java
+++ b/archiva-reporting/archiva-artifact-reports/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/reporting/artifact/AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import javax.jdo.PersistenceManagerFactory;
  * @author <a href="mailto:joakime@apache.org">Joakim Erdfelt</a>
  * @version $Id$
  */
-public class AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase
+public abstract class AbstractArtifactReportsTestCase
     extends PlexusTestCase
 {
     protected ArchivaDAO dao;