diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
index f3953365c..489618d65 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ public class EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests extends NamespaceUserReposi
 	/**
 	 * Ignored until https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=525319 is fixed.
 	 */
-	@Ignore
 	@Override
-	@Test // DATAJPA-1248
-	public void supportsProjectionsWithNativeQueriesAndCamelCaseProperty() {
-		super.supportsProjectionsWithNativeQueriesAndCamelCaseProperty();
-	}
+	public void supportsProjectionsWithNativeQueriesAndCamelCaseProperty() {}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
index bc3d616da..01bc9c92f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ import org.springframework.dao.IncorrectResultSizeDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.GenericPropertyMatcher;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.*;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.Specification;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.Role;
@@ -2212,10 +2213,8 @@ public class UserRepositoryTests {
 
 		String emailAddress = result.getEmailAddress();
 
-		assertThat(emailAddress) //
-				.isEqualTo(user.getEmailAddress()) //
-				.as("ensuring email is actually not null") //
-				.isNotNull();
+		assertThat(emailAddress, is(notNullValue()));
+		assertThat(emailAddress, is(user.getEmailAddress()));
 	}
 
 	private Page<User> executeSpecWithSort(Sort sort) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/TupleConverterUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/TupleConverterUnitTests.java
index a2fe434f7..c528ef56a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/TupleConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/TupleConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import javax.persistence.Tuple;
 import javax.persistence.TupleElement;
 
-import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class TupleConverterUnitTests {
 
 		TupleConverter converter = new TupleConverter(type);
 
-		assertThat(converter.convert(tuple)).isEqualTo("Foo");
+		assertThat(converter.convert(tuple), is((Object) "Foo"));
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAJPA-1024
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ public class TupleConverterUnitTests {
 
 		TupleConverter converter = new TupleConverter(type);
 
-		assertThat(converter.convert(tuple)).isNull();
+		assertThat(converter.convert(tuple), is(nullValue()));
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Test // DATAJPA-1048
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void findsValuesForAllVariantsSupportedByTheTuple() {
 
 		Tuple tuple = new MockTuple();
@@ -99,14 +99,10 @@ public class TupleConverterUnitTests {
 
 		Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) converter.convert(tuple);
 
-		SoftAssertions softly = new SoftAssertions();
-
-		softly.assertThat(map.get("ONE")).isEqualTo("one");
-		softly.assertThat(map.get("one")).isEqualTo("one");
-		softly.assertThat(map.get("OnE")).isEqualTo("one");
-		softly.assertThat(map.get("oNe")).isEqualTo("one");
-
-		softly.assertAll();
+		assertThat(map.get("ONE"), is((Object) "one"));
+		assertThat(map.get("one"), is((Object) "one"));
+		assertThat(map.get("OnE"), is((Object) "one"));
+		assertThat(map.get("oNe"), is((Object) "one"));
 	}
 
 	interface SampleRepository extends CrudRepository<Object, Long> {
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ public class TupleConverterUnitTests {
 
 		@Override
 		public List<TupleElement<?>> getElements() {
-			return Arrays.asList(one, two);
+			return Arrays.<TupleElement<?>> asList(one, two);
 		}
 
 		private static class StringTupleElement implements TupleElement<String> {