diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 7e29433c508..55ee4c787c6 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ Other Changes
* SOLR-7146: MiniSolrCloudCluster based tests can fail with ZooKeeperException NoNode for /live_nodes.
(Vamsee Yarlagadda via shalin)
-* SOLR-7590: Finish and improve MDC context logging support. (Mark Miller)
+* SOLR-7590: Finish and improve MDC context logging support. (Mark Miller)
+
+* SOLR-7599: Remove cruft from SolrCloud tests. (shalin)
================== 5.2.0 ==================
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-schemaless.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-schemaless.xml
index 654cb394957..b95c295d648 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-schemaless.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-schemaless.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
-
+
${solr.ulog.dir:}
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/AliasIntegrationTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/AliasIntegrationTest.java
index e0eb3e7ae56..0cc02a86370 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/AliasIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/AliasIntegrationTest.java
@@ -52,21 +52,6 @@ public class AliasIntegrationTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AliasIntegrationTest.class);
- @BeforeClass
- public static void beforeSuperClass() throws Exception {
- }
-
- @AfterClass
- public static void afterSuperClass() {
-
- }
-
- @Override
- public void distribSetUp() throws Exception {
- super.distribSetUp();
- System.setProperty("numShards", Integer.toString(sliceCount));
- }
-
public AliasIntegrationTest() {
super();
sliceCount = 1;
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/BasicDistributedZkTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/BasicDistributedZkTest.java
index 31aca7c8ff7..b712de526dd 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/BasicDistributedZkTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/BasicDistributedZkTest.java
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ public class BasicDistributedZkTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
CompletionService