diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/test/AbstractParserTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/test/AbstractParserTests.java
index 78e1fb9a982..7942496c3f3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/test/AbstractParserTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/test/AbstractParserTests.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.junit.Ignore;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 
 @Ignore
-public class AbstractParserTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
+public abstract class AbstractParserTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
 
     protected XContentParser parser;