diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest.java
index 13c39b864e3..e4fbad422f3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 public class FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest extends GenerateReaderFrameTest {
 
-	private final static String TEST_NAME = "FrameGenerateReaderCSVTest";
+	private final static String TEST_NAME = "FrameGenerateReaderCustomTest";
 
 	@Override
 	protected String getTestName() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest.java
index 25c32ead70a..c9e17bcb692 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 public class FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest extends GenerateReaderFrameTest {
 
-	private final static String TEST_NAME = "FrameGenerateReaderJSONTest";
+	private final static String TEST_NAME = "FrameGenerateReaderXMLTest";
 
 	@Override
 	protected String getTestName() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderFrameTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderFrameTest.java
index 8679a8059c9..bf9f9ed4da7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderFrameTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderFrameTest.java
@@ -71,12 +71,9 @@ protected void runGenerateReaderTest(String sampleRawFileName, String sampleFram
 				parallel);
 			FrameReader fr = gr.getReader();
 			fr.readFrameFromHDFS(dataFileName, sampleSchema, rows, sampleSchema.length);
-
-			// TODO Verify the frameblock contains the correct values.
-
 		}
 		catch(Exception exception) {
-			exception.printStackTrace();
+			throw new RuntimeException(exception);
 		}
 		finally {
 			rtplatform = oldPlatform;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderMatrixTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderMatrixTest.java
index ec122d7a352..ad50a22ea06 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderMatrixTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/GenerateReaderMatrixTest.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ public abstract class GenerateReaderMatrixTest extends AutomatedTestBase {
 
 	protected final static String TEST_DIR = "functions/iogen/";
 	protected final static String TEST_CLASS_DIR = TEST_DIR + GenerateReaderMatrixTest.class.getSimpleName() + "/";
-	protected String sampleRaw;
-	protected double[][] sampleMatrix;
-
 	protected abstract String getTestName();
 
 	@Override
@@ -44,20 +41,6 @@ public void setUp() {
 		addTestConfiguration(getTestName(), new TestConfiguration(TEST_DIR, getTestName(), new String[] {"Y"}));
 	}
 
-	protected void generateRandomSymmetric(int size, double min, double max, double sparsity, boolean isSkew) {
-		sampleMatrix = getRandomMatrix(size, size, min, max, sparsity, 714);
-		int conf = isSkew ? -1 : 1;
-		for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-			for(int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
-
-				if(i != j)
-					sampleMatrix[i][j] = sampleMatrix[j][i] * conf;
-				else
-					sampleMatrix[i][j] = 0;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	protected void runGenerateReaderTest(String sampleRawFileName, String sampleMatrixFileName,	boolean parallel) {
 
@@ -90,7 +73,7 @@ protected void runGenerateReaderTest(String sampleRawFileName, String sampleMatr
 
 		}
 		catch(Exception exception) {
-			exception.printStackTrace();
+			throw new RuntimeException(exception);
 		}
 		finally {
 			rtplatform = oldPlatform;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest.java
index 2cbb699e6b3..e9cc1c8a069 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/functions/iogen/MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 public class MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest extends GenerateReaderMatrixTest {
 
-	private final static String TEST_NAME = "FrameGenerateReaderLibSVMTest";
+	private final static String TEST_NAME = "MatrixGenerateReaderMMTest";
 
 	@Override
 	protected String getTestName() {