diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck.test.php
index 991f82da77e35eda6e0b586d3e45f5cba787369d..8e5a04ff55ed9c8835f43f4f0f7dc5f041db68fa 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck.test.php
@@ -2,22 +2,18 @@
 
 class auth_acl_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
-    var $oldConf;
     var $oldAuthAcl;
 
-    function setup() {
-        global $conf;
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         global $AUTH_ACL;
         global $auth;
-        $this->oldConf = $conf;
         $this->oldAuthAcl = $AUTH_ACL;
         $auth = new auth_basic();
     }
 
-    function teardown() {
-        global $conf;
+    function tearDown() {
         global $AUTH_ACL;
-        $conf = $this->oldConf;
         $AUTH_ACL = $this->oldAuthAcl;
 
     }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck_caseinsensitive.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck_caseinsensitive.test.php
index 9f1fb6aa0b91630aa766ef66293ec5f15aa6e747..2f4821c2d25d70a6ba44ac811254e4a178e086b2 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck_caseinsensitive.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/auth_aclcheck_caseinsensitive.test.php
@@ -7,28 +7,25 @@ class auth_acl_caseinsensitive_auth extends auth_basic {
 }
 
 class auth_acl_caseinsensitive_test extends DokuWikiTest {
-    protected $oldConf;
     protected $oldAuth;
     protected $oldAuthAcl;
 
-    function setup() {
-        global $conf;
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         global $auth;
         global $AUTH_ACL;
 
-        $this->oldConf    = $conf;
         $this->oldAuth    = $auth;
         $this->oldAuthAcl = $AUTH_ACL;
 
         $auth = new auth_acl_caseinsensitive_auth();
     }
 
-    function teardown() {
+    function tearDown() {
         global $conf;
         global $AUTH_ACL;
         global $auth;
 
-        $conf     = $this->oldConf;
         $auth     = $this->oldAuth;
         $AUTH_ACL = $this->oldAuthAcl;
     }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/auth_admincheck.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/auth_admincheck.test.php
index d88399cbebebc345e76cee2f81466ea12ec46365..17424a08e986222011f4b290b32aaad32186a8e0 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/auth_admincheck.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/auth_admincheck.test.php
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class auth_admin_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
     private $oldauth;
 
-    function setup() {
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         global $auth;
         $this->oldauth = $auth;
     }
@@ -27,9 +28,7 @@ class auth_admin_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
     function teardown() {
         global $auth;
-        global $conf;
         global $AUTH_ACL;
-        unset($conf);
         unset($AUTH_ACL);
         $auth = $this->oldauth;
     }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
index 21db304e062887fa0ad54d474a6e74e5c764ca8b..da9f31f9037f342fee1d3bc26547dfed3c244e16 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class auth_nameencode_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
-    function teardown() {
+    function tearDown() {
         global $cache_authname;
         $cache_authname = array();
     }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser.inc.php b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser.inc.php
index e9efef0d3637684cad95b1d9369f6b534afd3779..61f15678bad658fecee6b74b7287335f0056f72f 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser.inc.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ abstract class TestOfDoku_Parser extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
     var $P;
     var $H;
 
-    function setup() {
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         $this->P = new Doku_Parser();
         $this->H = new Doku_Handler();
         $this->P->Handler = & $this->H;
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_footnote.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_footnote.test.php
index f3b5ddf56ba1faee4e81e65fa3240747b3e811f7..b47a575ded1cd9aafac6e15d9a5cf5e939020811 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_footnote.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_footnote.test.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ require_once 'parser.inc.php';
 
 class TestOfDoku_Parser_Footnote extends TestOfDoku_Parser {
 
-    function setup() {
-        parent::setup();
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         $this->P->addMode('footnote',new Doku_Parser_Mode_Footnote());
     }
 
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_quotes.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_quotes.test.php
index b2dae1039a68eb8b4ae771a0b7ac51f1afc36868..b823282127bffd5c7f342b3b17c3429343c1f76b 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_quotes.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/parser/parser_quotes.test.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ require_once 'parser.inc.php';
 
 class TestOfDoku_Parser_Quotes extends TestOfDoku_Parser {
 
-    function setup() {
-        parent::setup();
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         global $conf;
         $conf['typography'] = 2;
     }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/remote.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/remote.test.php
index 49152d8dbb9658c65d04f6706a93b4625765592a..611e1ab0fae176c176b885f6f3c62865458b3672 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/remote.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/remote.test.php
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ class remote_plugin_testplugin extends DokuWiki_Remote_Plugin {
 
 class remote_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
-    var $originalConf;
     var $userinfo;
 
     var $remote;
 
     function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
         global $plugin_controller;
         global $conf;
         global $USERINFO;
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class remote_test extends DokuWikiTest {
 
         $plugin_controller = $pluginManager;
 
-        $this->originalConf = $conf;
         $conf['remote'] = 1;
         $conf['remoteuser'] = '!!not set!!';
         $conf['useacl'] = 0;
@@ -143,9 +142,7 @@ class remote_test extends DokuWikiTest {
     }
 
     function tearDown() {
-        global $conf;
         global $USERINFO;
-        $conf = $this->originalConf;
         $USERINFO = $this->userinfo;
 
     }