diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainIT.java
index bcd3dd10c81..b6f225c8c71 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainIT.java
@@ -1009,10 +1009,11 @@ public final class ClusterAllocationExplainIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "")
     public void testCannotAllocateStaleReplicaExplanation() throws Exception {
         logger.info("--> starting 3 nodes");
-        String masterNode = internalCluster().startNode();
-        internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        internalCluster().startNodes(3);
+        String masterNode = internalCluster().getMasterName();
 
         logger.info("--> creating an index with 1 primary and 1 replica");
         createIndexAndIndexData(1, 1,
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/OldIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/OldIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
index 20add0530d8..17f645a925e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/OldIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bwcompat/OldIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ public class OldIndexBackwardsCompatibilityIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "")
     public void testOldIndexes() throws Exception {
         setupCluster();