diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FilterTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FilterTest.java
index f20d9d55c..a9ddbcb0d 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FilterTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FilterTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ProtectedJarMethodsTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ProtectedJarMethodsTest.java
index 032203a8a..55d547985 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ProtectedJarMethodsTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ProtectedJarMethodsTest.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ public class ProtectedJarMethodsTest {
 
     @Rule
     public final BuildFileRule buildRule = new BuildFileRule();
-    private static String tempJar = "tmp.jar";
-
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@ public class ProtectedJarMethodsTest {
     @Test
     public void testGrabFilesAndDirs() throws IOException {
         buildRule.executeTarget("testIndexTests");
+        String tempJar = "tmp.jar";
         String archive = buildRule.getProject().getProperty(tempJar);
         List<String> dirs = new ArrayList<>();
         List<String> files = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
index 96b55e509..1dc7b01ce 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
@@ -52,15 +52,9 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest {
     @Test
     public void testReplace() throws IOException {
         Properties original = new Properties();
-        FileInputStream propsFile = null;
-        try {
-            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(buildRule.getProject().getBaseDir() + "/replaceregexp.properties"));
+        try (FileInputStream propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(
+                buildRule.getProject().getBaseDir() + "/replaceregexp.properties"))) {
             original.load(propsFile);
-        } finally {
-            if (propsFile != null) {
-                propsFile.close();
-                propsFile = null;
-            }
         }
 
         assertEquals("Def", original.get("OldAbc"));
@@ -68,13 +62,9 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest {
         buildRule.executeTarget("testReplace");
 
         Properties after = new Properties();
-        try {
-            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(buildRule.getOutputDir(), "test.properties"));
+        try (FileInputStream propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(buildRule.getOutputDir(),
+                "test.properties"))) {
             after.load(propsFile);
-        } finally {
-            if (propsFile != null) {
-                propsFile.close();
-            }
         }
 
         assertNull(after.get("OldAbc"));
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/TranslateTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/TranslateTest.java
index 63e0943eb..99ff85b92 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/TranslateTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/TranslateTest.java
@@ -69,15 +69,14 @@ public class TranslateTest {
         byte[] buffer1 = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
         byte[] buffer2 = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
 
-        try (FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream(file1)) {
-            try (FileInputStream fis2 = new FileInputStream(file2)) {
-                int read = 0;
-                while ((read = fis1.read(buffer1)) != -1) {
-                    fis2.read(buffer2);
-                    for (int i = 0; i < read; ++i) {
-                        if (buffer1[i] != buffer2[i]) {
-                            return false;
-                        }
+        try (FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream(file1);
+             FileInputStream fis2 = new FileInputStream(file2)) {
+            int read = 0;
+            while ((read = fis1.read(buffer1)) != -1) {
+                fis2.read(buffer2);
+                for (int i = 0; i < read; ++i) {
+                    if (buffer1[i] != buffer2[i]) {
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpTest.java
index 03edb3725..5c6d9d097 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpTest.java
@@ -171,11 +171,9 @@ public class ScpTest {
 
     /**
      * Expected failure due to invalid remoteToDir
-     *
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     @Test(expected = BuildException.class)
-    public void testInvalidRemoteToDir() throws IOException {
+    public void testInvalidRemoteToDir() {
         scpTask.setRemoteTodir("host:/a/path/without/an/at");
     }