diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
index 02097315eaa..91ac28441e7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
@@ -590,9 +590,6 @@
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]action[/\\]termvectors[/\\]TermVectorsUnitTests.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]aliases[/\\]IndexAliasesIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]bootstrap[/\\]JarHellTests.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]bwcompat[/\\]BasicAnalysisBackwardCompatibilityIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]bwcompat[/\\]BasicBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]bwcompat[/\\]GetIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]bwcompat[/\\]RestoreBackwardsCompatIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]client[/\\]AbstractClientHeadersTestCase.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]cluster[/\\]ClusterHealthIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
@@ -704,7 +701,6 @@
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]PriorityComparatorTests.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]QuorumGatewayIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]RecoverAfterNodesIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]RecoveryBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]RecoveryFromGatewayIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]ReplicaShardAllocatorTests.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]gateway[/\\]ReusePeerRecoverySharedTest.java" checks="LineLength" />
@@ -923,7 +919,6 @@
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]snapshots[/\\]DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]snapshots[/\\]RepositoriesIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]snapshots[/\\]SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]snapshots[/\\]SnapshotBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]snapshots[/\\]SnapshotUtilsTests.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]ESBlobStoreRepositoryIntegTestCase.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="core[/\\]src[/\\]test[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]geo[/\\]RandomShapeGenerator.java" checks="LineLength" />
@@ -994,7 +989,6 @@
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]search[/\\]aggregations[/\\]bucket[/\\]script[/\\]NativeSignificanceScoreScriptWithParams.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]BackgroundIndexer.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]CorruptionUtils.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]ESBackcompatTestCase.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]ESIntegTestCase.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]IndexSettingsModule.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]InternalTestCluster.java" checks="LineLength" />
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
index 9a198ade50a..bcfad66ef59 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.generators.RandomNumbers;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.generators.RandomPicks;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.generators.RandomStrings;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.TestRuleAdapter;
-
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockBigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockPageCacheRecycler;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContent;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.common.util.CollectionUtils.arrayAsArrayList;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 
 /**
  * Base testcase for randomized unit testing with Elasticsearch
@@ -300,7 +298,9 @@ public abstract class ESTestCase extends LuceneTestCase {
         }
         try {
             final List<String> actualWarnings = threadContext.getResponseHeaders().get(DeprecationLogger.WARNING_HEADER);
-            assertThat(actualWarnings, hasSize(expectedWarnings.length));
+            assertEquals("Expected " + expectedWarnings.length + " warnings but found " + actualWarnings.size() + "\nExpected: "
+                    + Arrays.asList(expectedWarnings) + "\nActual: " + actualWarnings,
+                    expectedWarnings.length, actualWarnings.size());
             for (String msg : expectedWarnings) {
                 assertThat(actualWarnings, hasItem(equalTo(msg)));
             }