diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index 3f71593b53..1bb94e932b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -88,18 +88,21 @@ abstract class AbstractProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      *
      * @dataProvider pipesCodeProvider
      */
-    public function testProcessPipes($expected, $code)
+    public function testProcessPipes($code, $size)
     {
         if (defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD')) {
             $this->markTestSkipped('Test hangs on Windows & PHP due to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60120 and https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51800');
         }
 
+        $expected = str_repeat(str_repeat('*', 1024), $size) . '!';
+        $expectedLength = (1024 * $size) + 1;
+
         $p = $this->getProcess(sprintf('php -r %s', escapeshellarg($code)));
         $p->setStdin($expected);
         $p->run();
 
-        $this->assertSame($expected, $p->getOutput());
-        $this->assertSame($expected, $p->getErrorOutput());
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedLength, strlen($p->getOutput()));
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedLength, strlen($p->getErrorOutput()));
     }
 
     public function chainedCommandsOutputProvider()
@@ -338,13 +341,11 @@ abstract class AbstractProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'fwrite(STDOUT, $in = file_get_contents(\'php://stdin\')); fwrite(STDERR, $in);',
             'include \'' . __DIR__ . '/ProcessTestHelper.php\';',
         );
-        $baseData = str_repeat('*', 1024);
 
         $codes = array();
         foreach (array(1, 16, 64, 1024, 4096) as $size) {
-            $data = str_repeat($baseData, $size) . '!';
             foreach ($variations as $code) {
-                $codes[] = array($data, $code);
+                $codes[] = array($code, $size);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php
index 02b629450b..df66ad624b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpProcess;
 
 class PhpProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-
     public function testNonBlockingWorks()
     {
         $expected = 'hello world!';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
index 9ca45a80a7..e55efe0be5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Process\ProcessBuilder;
 
 class ProcessBuilderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function shouldInheritEnvironmentVars()
+    public function testInheritEnvironmentVars()
     {
         $snapshot = $_ENV;
         $_ENV = $expected = array('foo' => 'bar');
@@ -32,10 +29,7 @@ class ProcessBuilderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $_ENV = $snapshot;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function shouldInheritAndOverrideEnvironmentVars()
+    public function testProcessShouldInheritAndOverrideEnvironmentVars()
     {
         $snapshot = $_ENV;
         $_ENV = array('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'baz');
@@ -51,10 +45,7 @@ class ProcessBuilderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $_ENV = $snapshot;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function shouldInheritEnvironmentVarsByDefault()
+    public function testInheritEnvironmentVarsByDefault()
     {
         $pb = new ProcessBuilder();
         $proc = $pb->add('foo')->getProcess();
@@ -62,10 +53,7 @@ class ProcessBuilderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertNull($proc->getEnv());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function shouldNotReplaceExplicitlySetVars()
+    public function testNotReplaceExplicitlySetVars()
     {
         $snapshot = $_ENV;
         $_ENV = array('foo' => 'bar');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessFailedExceptionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessFailedExceptionTest.php
index 356c7debaa..c626ddd982 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessFailedExceptionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessFailedExceptionTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class ProcessFailedExceptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             '\InvalidArgumentException',
             'Expected a failed process, but the given process was successful.'
         );
-        $exception = new ProcessFailedException($process);
+
+        new ProcessFailedException($process);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
index 67fc0025bd..1e4dc1d0a2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Process\Tests;
 class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
 {
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testGetExitCode()
     {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testExitCodeCommandFailed()
     {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessIsSignaledIfStopped()
     {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessWithTermSignal()
     {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessIsNotSignaled()
     {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessWithoutTermSignal()
     {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testExitCodeText()
     {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testIsSuccessful()
     {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testIsNotSuccessful()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildEnabledProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildEnabledProcessTest.php
index fb9b6f8cc8..5c664e2423 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildEnabledProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildEnabledProcessTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Process\Tests;
 class SigchildEnabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
 {
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessIsSignaledIfStopped()
     {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class SigchildEnabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessWithTermSignal()
     {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class SigchildEnabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessIsNotSignaled()
     {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class SigchildEnabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function testProcessWithoutTermSignal()
     {