diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/integration/SessionIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/integration/SessionIT.java
index d82e3f1807..8943b9a811 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/integration/SessionIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/integration/SessionIT.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.ServerVersion;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.util.TestNeo4j;
 
+import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
@@ -968,7 +969,8 @@ private static ThrowingWork newThrowingWorkSpy( String query, int failures )
     private static void assumeBookmarkSupport( Driver driver )
     {
         ServerVersion serverVersion = ServerVersion.version( driver );
-        assumeTrue( serverVersion.greaterThanOrEqual( v3_1_0 ) );
+        assumeTrue( format( "Server version `%s` does not support bookmark", serverVersion ),
+                serverVersion.greaterThanOrEqual( v3_1_0 ) );
     }
 
     private static class ThrowingWork implements TransactionWork<Record>
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/ClusterRule.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/ClusterRule.java
index dd964993e5..89131dec0f 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/ClusterRule.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/ClusterRule.java
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@
 
 import org.junit.rules.ExternalResource;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
-import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 
 import org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.ServerVersion;
 import org.neo4j.driver.v1.AuthToken;
@@ -131,45 +126,4 @@ public void run()
             }
         } );
     }
-
-    private static void deleteClusterDir()
-    {
-        delete( CLUSTER_DIR );
-    }
-
-    private static void delete( final Path path )
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            if ( !Files.exists( path ) )
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            Files.walkFileTree( path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>()
-            {
-                @Override
-                public FileVisitResult visitFile( Path file, BasicFileAttributes attributes ) throws IOException
-                {
-                    Files.delete( file );
-                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory( Path dir, IOException error ) throws IOException
-                {
-                    if ( error != null )
-                    {
-                        return FileVisitResult.TERMINATE;
-                    }
-                    Files.delete( dir );
-                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-                }
-            } );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new RuntimeException( "Unable to delete '" + path + "'", e );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/SharedCluster.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/SharedCluster.java
index e044f06732..33e7f4f711 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/SharedCluster.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/v1/util/cc/SharedCluster.java
@@ -127,14 +127,19 @@ private static Set<ClusterMember> parseStartCommandOutput( String output )
         String[] lines = output.split( lineSeparator() );
         for ( int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++ )
         {
-            String line = lines[i];
+            String line = lines[i].trim();
+            if( line.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                // skip any empty lines
+                continue;
+            }
             String[] clusterMemberSplit = line.split( " " );
             if ( clusterMemberSplit.length != 3 )
             {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException( String.format(
                         "Wrong start command output found at line [%s]. " +
-                        "Expected to have 'http_uri bolt_uri path' on each line. " +
-                        "Command output:%n'%s'", i + 1, output ) );
+                        "Expected to have 'http_uri bolt_uri path' on each nonempty line. " +
+                        "Command output:%n`%s`", i + 1, output ) );
             }
 
             URI boltUri = URI.create( clusterMemberSplit[1] );