diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeTestCase.php
index 1e7a506386..9683aa1e20 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeTestCase.php
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Tests\Extension\Core\DataTransformer;
 
-class DateTimeTestCase extends LocalizedTestCase
+abstract class DateTimeTestCase extends LocalizedTestCase
 {
     public static function assertDateTimeEquals(\DateTime $expected, \DateTime $actual)
     {
         self::assertEquals($expected->format('c'), $actual->format('c'));
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/LocalizedTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/LocalizedTestCase.php
index 87aca48f73..494928b7e1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/LocalizedTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/LocalizedTestCase.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Tests\Extension\Core\DataTransformer;
 
-class LocalizedTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+abstract class LocalizedTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     protected static $icuVersion = null;
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormIntegrationTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormIntegrationTestCase.php
index 2d2175d71d..9abcd8ed99 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormIntegrationTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormIntegrationTestCase.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\CoreExtension;
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */
-class FormIntegrationTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+abstract class FormIntegrationTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     /**
      * @var \Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormPerformanceTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormPerformanceTestCase.php
index d68d67a7b4..5c813dde6b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormPerformanceTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/FormPerformanceTestCase.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Tests;
  * @author robo
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */
-class FormPerformanceTestCase extends FormIntegrationTestCase
+abstract class FormPerformanceTestCase extends FormIntegrationTestCase
 {
     /**
      * @var    integer