diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
index 15ffeb7c0..b3c285004 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
             <!-- obsolete -->
             <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Jspc*</exclude>
             <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Pvcs*</exclude>
-            <!-- xalan: workaround for diferent resource encoding -->
+            <!-- xalan: workaround for different resource encoding -->
             <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/TraXLiaison*</exclude>
             <!-- ERROR: UnknownHostException: chemical -->
             <exclude>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XmlValidateCatalog*</exclude>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
index 58fdc59cd..71d0b3221 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 <project name="test" default="def" basedir=".">
   <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <property name="root" location="../../../../.."/>
-
   <target name="setUp">
-    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
-    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="def">
@@ -30,39 +28,39 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="setUp-nl">
-    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
-    <copy file="replaceregexp2.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <copy file="replaceregexp2.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testReplace" depends="setUp">
     <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
-      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
-      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
+      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)"/>
+      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2"/>
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
   <!-- use in conjunction with testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange to make sure something will happen -->
   <target name="touchDirectory">
-    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
+    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties"/>
 
   </target>
   <target name="testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange">
     <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
-      <regexp pattern="foo" />
+      <regexp pattern="foo"/>
         <substitution expression="bar"/>
       </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testDontAddNewline1" depends="setUp-nl">
     <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="false">
-      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
-      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
+      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)"/>
+      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2"/>
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testDontAddNewline2" depends="setUp-nl">
     <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
-      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
-      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
+      <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)"/>
+      <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2"/>
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script.xml
index c098289bc..2eaba27f4 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script.xml
@@ -19,24 +19,20 @@
 
   <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <property name="root" location="../../../../.."/>
-
   <target name="def">
     <fail>This build-file is intended to be run from the test cases</fail>
   </target>
 
   <target name="setup1">
-
-    <script language="javascript"> <![CDATA[
-
+    <script language="javascript">
+      <![CDATA[
       for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
         echo = testproject.createTask("echo");
         setup1.addTask(echo);
         echo.setMessage(i*i);
       }
-
-    ]]> </script>
-
+      ]]>
+    </script>
   </target>
 
   <target name="example1" depends="setup1"/>
@@ -48,21 +44,21 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="useSrcAndEncoding">
-    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.reader.encoding" value="${useSrcAndEncoding.encoding}"
-      description="Set a different encoding to raise a failure (ex. ISO-8859-1)" />
+              description="Set a different encoding to raise a failure (ex. ISO-8859-1)"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.file" location="${output}/script.useSrcAndEncoding.js"/>
-    <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp" value="eacute [&#233;]" />
+    <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp" value="eacute [&#233;]"/>
 
     <echo file="${useSrcAndEncoding.file}" encoding="${useSrcAndEncoding.encoding}"
-      message="project.setNewProperty('useSrcAndEncoding.prop', '${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}');"/>
+          message="project.setNewProperty('useSrcAndEncoding.prop', '${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}');"/>
 
     <script language="javascript" src="${useSrcAndEncoding.file}" encoding="${useSrcAndEncoding.reader.encoding}"/>
     <condition property="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK" >
-      <equals arg1="${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}" arg2="${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}" />
+      <equals arg1="${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}" arg2="${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}"/>
     </condition>
-    <fail message="expected &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}&gt; but was &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}&gt;" unless="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK" />
+    <fail message="expected &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}&gt; but was &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}&gt;" unless="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK"/>
   </target>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script/scriptdef.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script/scriptdef.xml
index 3b54e3e48..f0a72cd77 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script/scriptdef.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/script/scriptdef.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
   <import file="../../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <property name="root" location="../../../../../.."/>
-
   <target name="def">
     <fail>This build-file is intended to be run from the test cases</fail>
   </target>
@@ -30,11 +28,9 @@
       <attribute name="attr1"/>
       <element name="fileset" type="fileset"/>
       <![CDATA[
-        
         project.log("Attribute attr1 = " + attributes.get("attr1"));
         project.log("Fileset basedir = "
           + elements.get("fileset").get(0).getDir(project));
-        
       ]]>
     </scriptdef>
     
@@ -65,11 +61,9 @@
       <attribute name="attr1"/>
       <element name="fileset" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet"/>
       <![CDATA[
-        
         project.log("Attribute attr1 = " + attributes.get("attr1"));
         project.log("Fileset basedir = "
           + elements.get("fileset").get(0).getDir(project));
-        
       ]]>
     </scriptdef>
     
@@ -97,11 +91,9 @@
       <attribute name="attr1"/>
       <element name="fileset" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet"/>
       <![CDATA[
-        
         java.lang.System.out.println("Attribute attr1 = " + attributes.get("attr1"));
         java.lang.System.out.println("Fileset basedir = "
           + elements.get("fileset").get(0).getDir(project));
-        
       ]]>
     </scriptdef>
     
@@ -135,7 +127,6 @@
     <scriptdef name="scripttest" language="javascript">
       <attribute name="attr1"/>
       <![CDATA[
-        
         project.log("Attribute value = " + attributes.get("attr1"));
       ]]>
     </scriptdef>
@@ -152,78 +143,74 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="useSrcAndEncoding">
-    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.reader.encoding" value="${useSrcAndEncoding.encoding}"
-      description="Set a different encoding to raise a failure (ex. ISO-8859-1)" />
+              description="Set a different encoding to raise a failure (ex. ISO-8859-1)"/>
     <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.file" location="${output}/script.useSrcAndEncoding.js"/>
-    <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp" value="eacute [&#233;]" />
+    <property name="useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp" value="eacute [&#233;]"/>
 
     <echo file="${useSrcAndEncoding.file}" encoding="${useSrcAndEncoding.encoding}"
-      message="project.setNewProperty('useSrcAndEncoding.prop', '${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}');"/>
+          message="project.setNewProperty('useSrcAndEncoding.prop', '${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}');"/>
 
     <scriptdef name="useSrcAndEncoding" language="javascript" src="${useSrcAndEncoding.file}" encoding="${useSrcAndEncoding.reader.encoding}"/>
     <useSrcAndEncoding/>
 
     <condition property="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK" >
-      <equals arg1="${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}" arg2="${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}" />
+      <equals arg1="${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}" arg2="${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}"/>
     </condition>
-    <fail message="expected &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}&gt; but was &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}&gt;" unless="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK" />
+    <fail message="expected &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.expectedProp}&gt; but was &lt;${useSrcAndEncoding.prop}&gt;" unless="useSrcAndEncoding.testOK"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="useCompiled">
-
     <!-- Test with 'javax' manager, 'bsf' manager already compiles the script. -->
-    <scriptdef manager="javax" name="heavyscript" language="javascript" src="heavy-script.js" encoding="UTF-8" compiled="true" />
-
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-    <heavyscript />
-
+    <scriptdef manager="javax" name="heavyscript" language="javascript" src="heavy-script.js" encoding="UTF-8" compiled="true"/>
+
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
+    <heavyscript/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="useNotCompiled">
-
-    <scriptdef manager="javax" name="heavyscriptNotCompiled" language="javascript" src="heavy-script.js" encoding="UTF-8" compiled="false" />
-
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-    <heavyscriptNotCompiled />
-
+    <scriptdef manager="javax" name="heavyscriptNotCompiled" language="javascript" src="heavy-script.js" encoding="UTF-8" compiled="false"/>
+
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
+    <heavyscriptNotCompiled/>
   </target>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/InitializeClassTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/InitializeClassTest.java
index 6b6d14f8b..c1bd3f66f 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/InitializeClassTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/InitializeClassTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 /**
  * Test to see if static initializers are invoked the same way
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class InitializeClassTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
+        assertNotNull("build.tests.value not set", System.getProperty("build.tests.value"));
         buildRule.configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/initializeclass.xml");
         f1 = buildRule.getProject().resolveFile("forkedout");
         f2 = buildRule.getProject().resolveFile("unforkedout");
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XmlnsTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XmlnsTest.java
index 4f3f65d1f..667eb6450 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XmlnsTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XmlnsTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileRule;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public class XmlnsTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
+        assertNotNull("build.tests.value not set", System.getProperty("build.tests.value"));
         buildRule.configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/xmlns.xml");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/jdepend/JDependTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/jdepend/JDependTest.java
index 66b556066..6d65fa5c1 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/jdepend/JDependTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/jdepend/JDependTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public class JDependTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
+        assertNotNull("build.tests.value not set", System.getProperty("build.tests.value"));
         buildRule.configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/jdepend/jdepend.xml");
     }