diff --git a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ImmutableDbunitJpaTest.java b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ImmutableDbunitJpaTest.java
index b71bdc24f0..2d6d4b4677 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ImmutableDbunitJpaTest.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ImmutableDbunitJpaTest.java
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ public void setupDatabase() throws Exception {
         super.prepareDataBeforeTest();
     }
 
-    public void setupEM() {
+    @Override
+    protected void setupEM() {
         // do nothing
     }
 
     @BeforeMethod
     @Override
-    public void prepareDataBeforeTest() {
+    protected void prepareDataBeforeTest() {
         // do nothing
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ public void tearDownDatabase() {
         super.shutdownEM();
     }
 
-    public void shutdownEM() {
+    @Override
+    protected void shutdownEM() {
         // do nothing
     }
 
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataDbunitJpaTest.java b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataDbunitJpaTest.java
index 6339677898..127c8f40f8 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataDbunitJpaTest.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataDbunitJpaTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ protected Boolean isReplaceNull() {
 
     @BeforeMethod
     @Before
-    public void prepareDataBeforeTest() {
+    protected void prepareDataBeforeTest() {
         // This is not pretty but we unfortunately can not have dependencies
         // between @BeforeClass methods.
         // This was a basic design mistake and we can't change it now because we
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataJpaTest.java b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataJpaTest.java
index d5ba8fc79b..bdd7453c24 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataJpaTest.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/ZanataJpaTest.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeSuite;
 import org.testng.annotations.Listeners;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.zanata.testng.TestMethodListener;
 
 @Listeners(TestMethodListener.class)
+@Test
 public abstract class ZanataJpaTest {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ZanataJpaTest.class);
     private static final String PERSIST_NAME = "zanataTestDatasourcePU";
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ public abstract class ZanataJpaTest {
 
     @BeforeMethod
     @Before
-    public void setupEM() {
+    protected void setupEM() {
         log.debug("Setting up EM");
         em = emf.createEntityManager();
         em.getTransaction().begin();
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ public void setupEM() {
 
     @AfterMethod
     @After
-    public void shutdownEM() {
+    protected void shutdownEM() {
         log.debug("Shutting down EM");
         clearHibernateSecondLevelCache();
         em.getTransaction().rollback();
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/service/impl/CopyTransServiceImplTest.java b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/service/impl/CopyTransServiceImplTest.java
index b1d91a0b18..b81ee0c685 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/service/impl/CopyTransServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/test/java/org/zanata/service/impl/CopyTransServiceImplTest.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected void prepareDBUnitOperations() {
     }
 
     @BeforeMethod
-    public void beforeMethod() throws Exception {
+    protected void beforeMethod() throws Exception {
         seam.reset()
                 .use("entityManager", Search.getFullTextEntityManager(getEm()))
                 .use("entityManagerFactory", getEmf())
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public void individualTest() {
 
     // TODO most of these combinations should be tested in unit tests instead
     @DataProvider(name = "CopyTrans")
-    public Object[][] createCopyTransTestParams() {
+    protected Object[][] createCopyTransTestParams() {
         Set<CopyTransExecution> expandedExecutions = generateAllExecutions();
 
         Object[][] val = new Object[expandedExecutions.size()][1];
@@ -311,64 +311,6 @@ public void reuseTranslationsFromObsoleteDocuments() throws Exception {
         testCopyTrans(execution);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Makes sure that given two equal results, it will reuse the most recent
-     * translation.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void preferLatestTranslation() throws Exception {
-        ProjectIterationDAO projectIterationDAO =
-                seam.autowire(ProjectIterationDAO.class);
-        DocumentDAO documentDAO = seam.autowire(DocumentDAO.class);
-
-        HProjectIteration version =
-                projectIterationDAO.getBySlug("same-project", "same-version");
-        assert version != null;
-
-        // Create another version with translations in the same project
-        HProjectIteration newerVersion = new HProjectIteration();
-        newerVersion.setSlug("newer-version");
-        newerVersion.setProject(version.getProject());
-        projectIterationDAO.makePersistent(newerVersion);
-
-        // Duplicate the documents (with text flows and translations) on the
-        // newer version
-        for (HDocument doc : version.getDocuments().values()) {
-            HDocument newDoc =
-                    new HDocument(doc.getDocId(), doc.getContentType(),
-                            doc.getLocale());
-            newDoc.setProjectIteration(newerVersion);
-            newerVersion.getDocuments().put(newDoc.getPath(), newDoc);
-
-            for (HTextFlow tf : doc.getTextFlows()) {
-                HTextFlow newTf =
-                        new HTextFlow(newDoc, tf.getResId(), tf.getContents()
-                                .get(0));
-
-                for (HTextFlowTarget tft : tf.getTargets().values()) {
-                    HTextFlowTarget newTft =
-                            new HTextFlowTarget(newTf, tft.getLocale());
-                    newTft.setContent0(tft.getContents().get(0) + " recent");
-                    newTft.setState(Translated);
-                    newTf.getTargets().put(newTft.getLocale().getId(), newTft);
-                }
-                newDoc.getTextFlows().add(newTf);
-            }
-            documentDAO.makePersistent(newDoc);
-        }
-
-        getEm().flush();
-        // force flushing of index in h2
-        Search.getFullTextEntityManager(getEm()).flushToIndexes();
-
-        // run copy trans and make sure the latest translation is copied
-        CopyTransExecution execution =
-                new CopyTransExecution(IGNORE, IGNORE, IGNORE, true, true,
-                        true, true, Approved).expectTransState(Translated)
-                        .withContents("target-content-de recent");
-        testCopyTrans(execution);
-    }
-
     private ContentState getExpectedContentState(CopyTransExecution execution) {
         ContentState expectedContentState =
                 execution.getRequireTranslationReview() ? Approved : Translated;