diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e04ce18a5b..bc9f0a74c0 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1187,7 +1187,6 @@
     <testmacro inputdir="${test.unit.src}" timeout="${test.timeout}">
       <jvmarg value="-Dlegacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/legacy-sstables"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/invalid-legacy-sstables"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Dmigration-sstable-root=${test.data}/migration-sstables"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.tolerate_sstable_size=true"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Djava.io.tmpdir=${tmp.dir}"/>
@@ -1205,7 +1204,6 @@
       <testmacrohelper inputdir="${test.unit.src}" filelist="@{test.file.list}" poffset="@{testlist.offset}" exclude="**/*.java" timeout="${test.timeout}">
         <jvmarg value="-Dlegacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/legacy-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/invalid-legacy-sstables"/>
-        <jvmarg value="-Dmigration-sstable-root=${test.data}/migration-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.tolerate_sstable_size=true"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.config.loader=org.apache.cassandra.OffsetAwareConfigurationLoader"/>
@@ -1225,7 +1223,6 @@
                        exclude="**/*.java" timeout="${test.timeout}" testtag="compression">
         <jvmarg value="-Dlegacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/legacy-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/invalid-legacy-sstables"/>
-        <jvmarg value="-Dmigration-sstable-root=${test.data}/migration-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.test.compression=true"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.tolerate_sstable_size=true"/>
@@ -1245,7 +1242,6 @@
                        exclude="**/*.java" timeout="${test.timeout}" testtag="cdc">
         <jvmarg value="-Dlegacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/legacy-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/invalid-legacy-sstables"/>
-        <jvmarg value="-Dmigration-sstable-root=${test.data}/migration-sstables"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.tolerate_sstable_size=true"/>
         <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.config=file:///${cdc_yaml}"/>
@@ -1275,7 +1271,6 @@
       <test name="${test.name}" methods="${test.methods}"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dlegacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/legacy-sstables"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=${test.data}/invalid-legacy-sstables"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Dmigration-sstable-root=${test.data}/migration-sstables"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.tolerate_sstable_size=true"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.skip_sync=true" />
diff --git a/ide/idea/workspace.xml b/ide/idea/workspace.xml
index cdde5af017..876ed58d7a 100644
--- a/ide/idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/ide/idea/workspace.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
       <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="" />
       <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />
       <option name="TEST_OBJECT" value="class" />
-      <option name="VM_PARAMETERS" value="-Dcassandra.config=file://$PROJECT_DIR$/test/conf/cassandra.yaml -Dlogback.configurationFile=file://$PROJECT_DIR$/test/conf/logback-test.xml -Dcassandra.logdir=$PROJECT_DIR$/build/test/logs -Djava.library.path=$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/sigar-bin -ea" />
+      <option name="VM_PARAMETERS" value="-Dcassandra.config=file://$PROJECT_DIR$/test/conf/cassandra.yaml -Dlogback.configurationFile=file://$PROJECT_DIR$/test/conf/logback-test.xml -Dcassandra.logdir=$PROJECT_DIR$/build/test/logs -Djava.library.path=$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/sigar-bin -Dlegacy-sstable-root=$PROJECT_DIR$/test/data/legacy-sstables -Dinvalid-legacy-sstable-root=$PROJECT_DIR$/test/data/invalid-legacy-sstables -Dcassandra.ring_delay_ms=1000 -Dcassandra.skip_sync=true -ea" />
       <option name="PARAMETERS" value="" />
       <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="" />
       <option name="ENV_VARIABLES" />
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/LegacySSTableTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/LegacySSTableTest.java
index f669cd7d75..84f715827f 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/LegacySSTableTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/LegacySSTableTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class LegacySSTableTest
     public static void defineSchema() throws ConfigurationException
     {
         String scp = System.getProperty(LEGACY_SSTABLE_PROP);
-        Assert.assertNotNull("System property " + LEGACY_SSTABLE_ROOT + " not set", scp);
+        Assert.assertNotNull("System property " + LEGACY_SSTABLE_PROP + " not set", scp);
 
         LEGACY_SSTABLE_ROOT = new File(scp).getAbsoluteFile();
         Assert.assertTrue("System property " + LEGACY_SSTABLE_ROOT + " does not specify a directory", LEGACY_SSTABLE_ROOT.isDirectory());