diff --git a/test/compile_test.sh b/test/compile_test.sh
index 2d610ff..27d9c46 100644
--- a/test/compile_test.sh
+++ b/test/compile_test.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
 
 assertCapturedSuccess() {
   assertEquals 0 "${RETURN}"
-  if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then
-    # Travis keeps injecting -Xmn option on JDK8 that causes a warning in STR_ERR
-    assertTrue true
-  else
-    assertEquals "" "$(cat ${STD_ERR})"
-  fi
 }
 
 setupJavaEnv() {
@@ -32,6 +26,10 @@ testCompileWithoutSystemProperties() {
 
   assertCapturedSuccess
 
+  echo "================"
+  cat "$STD_OUT"
+  echo "================"
+
   _assertMavenLatest
   assertCaptured "Installing OpenJDK 1.8"
   assertTrue "Java should be present in runtime." "[ -d ${BUILD_DIR}/.jdk ]"
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ testCompile()
 
   _assertMavenLatest
   assertTrue "system.properties was not cached" "[ -f $CACHE_DIR/system.properties ]"
-  assertContains "system.properties contains the wrong version" "java.runtime.version=1.8" "$(cat $CACHE_DIR/system.properties)"
+  assertContains "system.properties contains the wrong version" "java.runtime.version=21" "$(cat $CACHE_DIR/system.properties)"
 }
 
 testCompilationFailure()
@@ -122,6 +120,11 @@ testCustomSettingsXmlWithUrl()
 testCustomSettingsXmlWithInvalidUrl()
 {
   createPom
+  # Set OpenJDK version explicitly to avoid getting a warning on stderr which would
+  # trip assertCapturedError
+  cat > ${BUILD_DIR}/system.properties <<EOF
+java.runtime.version=21
+EOF
 
   export MAVEN_SETTINGS_URL="https://example.com/ha7s8duysadfuhasjd/settings.xml"
 
diff --git a/test/helpers.sh b/test/helpers.sh
index a1d7fef..bee6ace 100644
--- a/test/helpers.sh
+++ b/test/helpers.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ EOF
 
 createSettingsXml()
 {
-  [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ] && rm -rf /home/travis/.m2/repository
-
   if [ ! -z "${1:-}" ]; then
     settings_file="$1"
   else
@@ -119,6 +117,6 @@ _assertMavenLatest() {
   assertFileMD5 "45ca660e83af83fa8213b55fb693326c" ${installDir}/.maven/bin/mvn
   assertTrue "mvn should be executable" "[ -x ${installDir}/.maven/bin/mvn ]"
 
-  assertCaptured "Unexpected mvn command" "mvn -DskipTests clean dependency:list install"
-  assertCaptured "Build was not successful" "BUILD SUCCESS"
+  assertCaptured "mvn -DskipTests clean dependency:list install"
+  assertCaptured "BUILD SUCCESS"
 }