diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/AqlExecutionFullParallelismIT.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/AqlExecutionFullParallelismIT.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.asterix.test.runtime;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
-import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
-
-/**
- * Runs the AQL runtime tests with full parallelism on node controllers.
- */
-@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
-public class AqlExecutionFullParallelismIT {
-    protected static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/main/resources/cc2.conf";
-
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, new TestExecutor());
-    }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.tearDown();
-    }
-
-    @Parameters(name = "AqlExecutionFullParallelismIT {index}: {0}")
-    public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
-        Collection<Object[]> tests = LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("only_it.xml");
-        if (!tests.isEmpty()) {
-            tests.addAll(LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("only.xml"));
-        } else {
-            tests = LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("testsuite_it.xml");
-            tests.addAll(LangExecutionUtil.tests("only.xml", "testsuite.xml"));
-        }
-        return tests;
-    }
-
-    protected TestCaseContext tcCtx;
-
-    public AqlExecutionFullParallelismIT(TestCaseContext tcCtx) {
-        this.tcCtx = tcCtx;
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.test(tcCtx);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/AqlExecutionLessParallelismIT.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/AqlExecutionLessParallelismIT.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.asterix.test.runtime;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
-import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
-
-/**
- * Runs the AQL runtime tests with less parallelism on node controllers than using all the cores.
- */
-@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
-public class AqlExecutionLessParallelismIT {
-    protected static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/main/resources/cc3.conf";
-
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, new TestExecutor());
-    }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.tearDown();
-    }
-
-    @Parameters(name = "AqlExecutionLessParallelismIT {index}: {0}")
-    public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
-        Collection<Object[]> tests = LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("only_it.xml");
-        if (!tests.isEmpty()) {
-            tests.addAll(LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("only.xml"));
-        } else {
-            tests = LangExecutionUtil.buildTestsInXml("testsuite_it.xml");
-            tests.addAll(LangExecutionUtil.tests("only.xml", "testsuite.xml"));
-        }
-        return tests;
-    }
-
-    protected TestCaseContext tcCtx;
-
-    public AqlExecutionLessParallelismIT(TestCaseContext tcCtx) {
-        this.tcCtx = tcCtx;
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.test(tcCtx);
-    }
-}