diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
index ab7c63c..6c19207 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-shutdown-test/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
             <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-control-nc</usedDependency>
             <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-control-cc</usedDependency>
           </usedDependencies>
+          <ignoredNonTestScopedDependencies>
+            <ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-ipc:*</ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>
+            <ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-api:*</ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>
+            <ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:*</ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>
+          </ignoredNonTestScopedDependencies>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
@@ -191,31 +196,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index acf238e..70db6a6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -44,21 +44,12 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
             <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-control-nc</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-control-cc</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-nc-service</usedDependency>
           </usedDependencies>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -71,23 +62,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
-          <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>integration-test</goal>
-              <goal>verify</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
@@ -148,49 +122,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-nc-service</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7bf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+<!--
+ ! 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.
+ !-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>hyracks-server-test</artifactId>
+  <name>hyracks-server-test</name>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+      <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../../..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.hyracks:hyracks-server</usedDependency>
+          </usedDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
+          <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-nc-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+<!--
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+-->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java
similarity index 97%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java
index cd0359f..5ae57cd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/NCServiceIT.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     private static final String TARGET_DIR = FileUtil.joinPath(".", "target");
     private static final String LOG_DIR = FileUtil.joinPath(TARGET_DIR, "failsafe-reports");
     private static final String RESOURCE_DIR = FileUtil.joinPath(TARGET_DIR, "test-classes", "NCServiceIT");
-    private static final String APP_HOME = FileUtil.joinPath(TARGET_DIR, "appassembler");
+    private static final String APP_HOME = FileUtil.joinPath("..", "..", "hyracks-server", "target", "appassembler");
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     private static HyracksVirtualCluster cluster = null;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksCCProcess.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksCCProcess.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksCCProcess.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksCCProcess.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksNCServiceProcess.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksNCServiceProcess.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksNCServiceProcess.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksNCServiceProcess.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksServerProcess.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksServerProcess.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksServerProcess.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksServerProcess.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksVirtualCluster.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksVirtualCluster.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksVirtualCluster.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/server/process/HyracksVirtualCluster.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/cc.conf b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/cc.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/cc.conf
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/cc.conf
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-blue.conf b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-blue.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-blue.conf
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-blue.conf
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-red.conf b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-red.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-red.conf
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/NCServiceIT/nc-red.conf
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/logging.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/resources/logging.properties
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-server-test/src/test/resources/logging.properties
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
index a26adea..71bb0e9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -52,5 +52,6 @@
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test</module>
     <module>hyracks-dataflow-common-test</module>
+    <module>hyracks-server-test</module>
   </modules>
 </project>