diff --git a/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php b/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
index ac02a97984d..1acdba77f1e 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * @copyright  2012 Petr Skoda {@link http://skodak.org}
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
-abstract class advanced_testcase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+abstract class advanced_testcase extends base_testcase {
     /** @var bool automatically reset everything? null means log changes */
     private $resetAfterTest;
 
diff --git a/lib/phpunit/classes/basic_testcase.php b/lib/phpunit/classes/basic_testcase.php
index 2446ad8b881..8e53d15afec 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/classes/basic_testcase.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/classes/basic_testcase.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * @copyright  2012 Petr Skoda {@link http://skodak.org}
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
-abstract class basic_testcase extends \base_testcase {
+abstract class basic_testcase extends base_testcase {
 
     /**
      * Constructs a test case with the given name.