diff --git a/test/buildlist/A/build.xml b/test/buildlist/A/build.xml
index 1c1b8cf7..d14ee639 100644
--- a/test/buildlist/A/build.xml
+++ b/test/buildlist/A/build.xml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
    specific language governing permissions and limitations
    under the License.    
 -->
+<project/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/buildlist/B/build.xml b/test/buildlist/B/build.xml
index 1c1b8cf7..d14ee639 100644
--- a/test/buildlist/B/build.xml
+++ b/test/buildlist/B/build.xml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
    specific language governing permissions and limitations
    under the License.    
 -->
+<project/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/buildlist/C/build.xml b/test/buildlist/C/build.xml
index 1c1b8cf7..d14ee639 100644
--- a/test/buildlist/C/build.xml
+++ b/test/buildlist/C/build.xml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
    specific language governing permissions and limitations
    under the License.    
 -->
+<project/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConfigureTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConfigureTest.java
index 11c54685..0f09bca4 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConfigureTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConfigureTest.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class IvyConfigureTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("myvalue", settings.getVariables().get("myproperty"));
     }
 
+    /*@SuppressWarnings*/
     public void testURL() throws Exception {
         String confUrl = new File("test/repositories/ivysettings.xml").toURL().toExternalForm();
         String confDirUrl = new File("test/repositories").toURL().toExternalForm();
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConvertPomTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConvertPomTest.java
index 6b32979a..8b047f8b 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConvertPomTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyConvertPomTest.java
@@ -17,15 +17,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.ivy.ant;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.apache.ivy.util.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 
 public class IvyConvertPomTest extends TestCase {
@@ -38,16 +33,19 @@ public class IvyConvertPomTest extends TestCase {
         task.setIvyFile(destFile);
         task.execute();
 
-        String wrote = FileUtil.readEntirely(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(destFile)));
-        String expected = readEntirely("test-convertpom.xml").replaceAll("\r\n", "\n").replace(
-            '\r', '\n');
-        // do not work properly on all platform and depends on the file date
-        // assertEquals(expected, wrote);
+        //do not work properly on all platform and depends on the file date
+        //keep the code in comments in case someone manage to fix this and to highlight the fact
+        //that this is not checked
+        
+//        String wrote = FileUtil.readEntirely(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(destFile)));
+//        String expected = readEntirely("test-convertpom.xml").replaceAll("\r\n", "\n").replace(
+//            '\r', '\n');
+//         assertEquals(expected, wrote);
     }
 
-    private String readEntirely(String resource) throws IOException {
-        return FileUtil.readEntirely(
-            new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(IvyConvertPomTest.class.getResource(resource)
-                    .openStream()))).replaceAll("\r\n", "\n").replace('\r', '\n');
-    }
+//    private String readEntirely(String resource) throws IOException {
+//        return FileUtil.readEntirely(
+//            new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(IvyConvertPomTest.class.getResource(resource)
+//                    .openStream()))).replaceAll("\r\n", "\n").replace('\r', '\n');
+//    }
 }
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/AbstractPatternMatcherTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/AbstractPatternMatcherTest.java
index 29260e03..14d89a05 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/AbstractPatternMatcherTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/AbstractPatternMatcherTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPatternMatcherTest extends TestCase {
 
     public void testNullExpression() {
         try {
-            Matcher matcher = patternMatcher.getMatcher(null);
+            patternMatcher.getMatcher(null);
             fail("Should fail for null expression");
         } catch (NullPointerException expected) {
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPatternMatcherTest extends TestCase {
                 "this is an expression", "whatever this is", "maybe, maybe not"};
         for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
             String input = inputs[i % inputs.length];
-            boolean success = matcher.matches(input);
+            matcher.matches(input);
         }
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPatternMatcherTest extends TestCase {
 
         for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
             String expression = inputs[i % inputs.length];
-            Matcher matcher = patternMatcher.getMatcher(expression);
+            patternMatcher.getMatcher(expression);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/GlobPatternMatcherTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/GlobPatternMatcherTest.java
index 2bb45015..edd011eb 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/GlobPatternMatcherTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/matcher/GlobPatternMatcherTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class GlobPatternMatcherTest extends AbstractPatternMatcherTest {
 
     public void testInvalidSyntax() {
         try {
-            Matcher matcher = patternMatcher.getMatcher("[");
+            patternMatcher.getMatcher("[");
             fail("Should fail on invalid regexp syntax");
         } catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {