diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestZKLessAMOnCluster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestZKLessAMOnCluster.java
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--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestZKLessAMOnCluster.java
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-/**
- * This tests AssignmentManager with a testing cluster.
- */
-@Category(MediumTests.class)
-public class TestZKLessAMOnCluster extends TestAssignmentManagerOnCluster {
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
-    // Don't use ZK for region assignment
-    conf.setBoolean("hbase.assignment.usezk", false);
-    setupOnce();
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
-    TestAssignmentManagerOnCluster.tearDownAfterClass();
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namespace/TestZKLessNamespaceAuditor.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namespace/TestZKLessNamespaceAuditor.java
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index ede19eca70c..00000000000
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namespace/TestZKLessNamespaceAuditor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license
- * agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
- * copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a
- * copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable
- * law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- * BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.namespace;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-@Category(MediumTests.class)
-public class TestZKLessNamespaceAuditor extends TestNamespaceAuditor {
-  private static final HBaseTestingUtility UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void before() throws Exception {
-    UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.assignment.usezk", false);
-    setupOnce();
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
-    TestNamespaceAuditor.tearDown();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessMergeOnCluster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessMergeOnCluster.java
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--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessMergeOnCluster.java
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@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright The Apache Software Foundation
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
- * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
- * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-/**
- * Like {@link TestRegionMergeTransaction} in that we're testing
- * {@link RegionMergeTransaction} only the below tests are against a running
- * cluster where {@link TestRegionMergeTransaction} is tests against bare
- * {@link HRegion}.
- */
-@Category(LargeTests.class)
-public class TestZKLessMergeOnCluster extends TestRegionMergeTransactionOnCluster {
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void beforeAllTests() throws Exception {
-    // Don't use ZK for region assignment
-    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.assignment.usezk", false);
-    setupOnce();
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void afterAllTests() throws Exception {
-    TestRegionMergeTransactionOnCluster.afterAllTests();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessSplitOnCluster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessSplitOnCluster.java
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index 1201c0115fd..00000000000
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestZKLessSplitOnCluster.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-/**
- * Like {@link TestSplitTransaction} in that we're testing {@link SplitTransaction}
- * only the below tests are against a running cluster where {@link TestSplitTransaction}
- * is tests against a bare {@link HRegion}.
- */
-@Category(LargeTests.class)
-public class TestZKLessSplitOnCluster extends TestSplitTransactionOnCluster {
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void before() throws Exception {
-    // Don't use ZK for region assignment
-    TESTING_UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.assignment.usezk", false);
-    setupOnce();
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void after() throws Exception {
-    TestSplitTransactionOnCluster.after();
-  }
-}
-