diff --git a/src/test/java/LiveDemoTest.java b/src/test/java/LiveDemoTest.java
index 89142b8ba..d928efe94 100644
--- a/src/test/java/LiveDemoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/LiveDemoTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class LiveDemoTest {
     // what is needed to publish generated report via github.com
     // http://damianszczepanik.github.io/cucumber-html-reports/overview-features.html
     @Test
-    void generateDemoReport() throws IOException {
+    void generateDemoReport() {
         File reportOutputDirectory = new File("target/demo");
         List<String> jsonFiles = new ArrayList<>();
         jsonFiles.add("src/test/resources/json/sample.json");
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportBuilderTest.java
index ad5869587..5f20d160d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportBuilderTest.java
@@ -221,14 +221,9 @@ void copyCustomResources_OnDirAsFile_ThrowsIOException() throws Exception {
         ReportBuilder builder = new ReportBuilder(Collections.<String>emptyList(), configuration);
         File dir = new File("src/test/resources/js");
 
-        // then
-        try {
-            Whitebox.invokeMethod(builder, "copyCustomResources", "js", dir);
-            fail("Copying should fail!");
-            // exception depends of operating system
-        } catch (ValidationException e) {
-            // passed
-        }
+        // when & then
+        assertThatThrownBy(() ->  Whitebox.invokeMethod(builder, "copyCustomResources", "js", dir))
+            .isInstanceOf(ValidationException.class);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -528,15 +523,13 @@ void generateErrorPage_GeneratesErrorPage() throws Exception {
     }
 
     private File[] countHtmlFiles(Configuration configuration) {
-        Builder builder = WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*.html");
-        FileFilter fileFilter = builder.get();
+        FileFilter fileFilter = WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*.html").get();
         File dir = new File(configuration.getReportDirectory(), ReportBuilder.BASE_DIRECTORY + configuration.getDirectorySuffixWithSeparator());
         return dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
     }
 
     private File[] countHtmlFiles() {
-        Builder builder = WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*.html");
-        FileFilter fileFilter = builder.get();
+        FileFilter fileFilter = WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*.html").get();
         File dir = new File(reportDirectory, ReportBuilder.BASE_DIRECTORY + configuration.getDirectorySuffixWithSeparator());
         return dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportResultMergeTest.java b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportResultMergeTest.java
index 3fbd6f0e1..53b031d97 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportResultMergeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/ReportResultMergeTest.java
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ class AllInOneReport extends ReportGenerator {
 
     @Test
     void unsupportedReportFormat() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
-            // given
-            configuration.addReducingMethod(MERGE_FEATURES_WITH_RETEST);
+        // given
+        configuration.addReducingMethod(MERGE_FEATURES_WITH_RETEST);
 
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
             // when
             // then
             setUpWithJson(SAMPLE_FAILED_JSON, SAMPLE_JSON);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/reducers/ReportFeatureWithRetestMergerTest.java b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/reducers/ReportFeatureWithRetestMergerTest.java
index 05050ed23..814ccfd75 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/reducers/ReportFeatureWithRetestMergerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/masterthought/cucumber/reducers/ReportFeatureWithRetestMergerTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private Element buildScenario() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void updateElementsOfGivenFeature_NoCoincidencesById() throws IllegalAccessException {
+    void updateElementsOfGivenFeature_NoCoincidencesById() {
         // given
         Feature feature = new Feature();
         Whitebox.setInternalState(feature, "elements", new Element[] {buildBackground(), buildScenario(), buildScenario()});
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void updateElementsOfGivenFeature_NoCoincidencesById() throws IllegalAccessExcep
     }
 
     @Test
-    void updateElementsOfGivenFeature_WithCoincidenceById() throws IllegalAccessException {
+    void updateElementsOfGivenFeature_WithCoincidenceById() {
         // given
         Feature feature = new Feature();
         Element[] elements = {buildScenario(), buildBackground(), buildScenario()};