diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDeathWatchSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDeathWatchSpec.scala
index 0e9ffdc1e0..f3793fb2eb 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDeathWatchSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDeathWatchSpec.scala
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ abstract class ClusterDeathWatchSpec
         enterBarrier("second-terminated")
 
         markNodeAsUnavailable(third)
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.address != address(third)))
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.exists(_.address == address(third)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (address(third)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must contain(address(third)))
         cluster.down(third)
         // removed
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != address(third)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (address(third)))
         expectMsg(path3)
         enterBarrier("third-terminated")
 
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ abstract class ClusterDeathWatchSpec
         enterBarrier("watch-established")
         runOn(third) {
           markNodeAsUnavailable(second)
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.address != address(second)))
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.exists(_.address == address(second)))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (address(second)))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must contain(address(second)))
           cluster.down(second)
           // removed
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != address(second)))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (address(second)))
         }
         enterBarrier("second-terminated")
         enterBarrier("third-terminated")
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ abstract class ClusterDeathWatchSpec
         enterBarrier("hello-deployed")
 
         markNodeAsUnavailable(first)
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.address != address(first)))
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.exists(_.address == address(first)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (address(first)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must contain(address(first)))
         cluster.down(first)
         // removed
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != address(first)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (address(first)))
 
         val t = expectMsgType[Terminated]
         t.actor must be(hello)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterMetricsSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterMetricsSpec.scala
index dc16f8dfe7..1b6fabc63e 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterMetricsSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterMetricsSpec.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ abstract class ClusterMetricsSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterMetricsMultiJvmSp
       "and gossip metrics around the node ring" taggedAs LongRunningTest in within(60 seconds) {
         awaitClusterUp(roles: _*)
         enterBarrier("cluster-started")
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.filter(_.status == MemberStatus.Up).size == roles.size)
-        awaitCond(clusterView.clusterMetrics.size == roles.size)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.count(_.status == MemberStatus.Up) must be(roles.size))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.clusterMetrics.size must be(roles.size))
         val collector = MetricsCollector(cluster.system, cluster.settings)
         collector.sample.metrics.size must be > (3)
         enterBarrier("after")
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ abstract class ClusterMetricsSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterMetricsMultiJvmSp
       }
       enterBarrier("first-left")
       runOn(second, third, fourth, fifth) {
-        awaitCond(clusterView.clusterMetrics.size == (roles.size - 1))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.clusterMetrics.size must be(roles.size - 1))
       }
       enterBarrier("finished")
     }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
index 0554144015..327a5cb52f 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ abstract class ConvergenceSpec(multiNodeConfig: ConvergenceMultiNodeConfig)
 
         within(28 seconds) {
           // third becomes unreachable
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.size == 1)
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.size == 2)
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.size must be(1))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.size must be(2))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up)))
           awaitSeenSameState(first, second)
           // still one unreachable
           clusterView.unreachableMembers.size must be(1)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ abstract class ConvergenceSpec(multiNodeConfig: ConvergenceMultiNodeConfig)
 
       runOn(first, second, fourth) {
         for (n ← 1 to 5) {
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.size == 2)
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.size must be(2))
           awaitSeenSameState(first, second, fourth)
           memberStatus(first) must be(Some(MemberStatus.Up))
           memberStatus(second) must be(Some(MemberStatus.Up))
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/InitialHeartbeatSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/InitialHeartbeatSpec.scala
index 707b6a9c47..111f643d76 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/InitialHeartbeatSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/InitialHeartbeatSpec.scala
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ abstract class InitialHeartbeatSpec
 
       runOn(first) {
         within(10 seconds) {
-          awaitCond {
+          awaitAssert {
             cluster.sendCurrentClusterState(testActor)
-            expectMsgType[CurrentClusterState].members.exists(_.address == secondAddress)
+            expectMsgType[CurrentClusterState].members.map(_.address) must contain(secondAddress)
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderElectionSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderElectionSpec.scala
index 95f8f29250..51787df18c 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderElectionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderElectionSpec.scala
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ abstract class LeaderElectionSpec(multiNodeConfig: LeaderElectionMultiNodeConfig
 
           // detect failure
           markNodeAsUnavailable(leaderAddress)
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.exists(_.address == leaderAddress))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must contain(leaderAddress))
           enterBarrier("after-unavailable" + n)
 
           // user marks the shutdown leader as DOWN
           cluster.down(leaderAddress)
           // removed
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != leaderAddress))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (leaderAddress))
           enterBarrier("after-down" + n, "completed" + n)
 
         case _ if remainingRoles.contains(myself) ⇒
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ abstract class LeaderElectionSpec(multiNodeConfig: LeaderElectionMultiNodeConfig
           val leaderAddress = address(leader)
           enterBarrier("before-shutdown" + n, "after-shutdown" + n)
 
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.exists(_.address == leaderAddress))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must contain(leaderAddress))
           enterBarrier("after-unavailable" + n)
 
           enterBarrier("after-down" + n)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
index 1e52674e62..fafbbee921 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
@@ -77,19 +77,19 @@ abstract class LeaderLeavingSpec
           enterBarrier("leader-left")
 
           val expectedAddresses = roles.toSet map address
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.map(_.address) == expectedAddresses)
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must be(expectedAddresses))
 
           // verify that the LEADER is EXITING
           exitingLatch.await
 
           // verify that the LEADER is no longer part of the 'members' set
-          awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (oldLeaderAddress))
 
           // verify that the LEADER is not part of the 'unreachable' set
-          awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (oldLeaderAddress))
 
           // verify that we have a new LEADER
-          awaitCond(clusterView.leader != oldLeaderAddress)
+          awaitAssert(clusterView.leader must not be (oldLeaderAddress))
         }
 
         enterBarrier("finished")
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
index ad8c41124a..9b2959702e 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
       }
       awaitClusterUp(first)
       runOn(first) {
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "MemberStatus") == "Up")
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Leader") == address(first).toString)
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "MemberStatus") must be("Up"))
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Leader") must be(address(first).toString))
         mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Singleton").asInstanceOf[Boolean] must be(true)
         mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") must be(address(first).toString)
         mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Unreachable") must be("")
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
 
       awaitMembersUp(4)
       assertMembers(clusterView.members, roles.map(address(_)): _*)
-      awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "MemberStatus") == "Up")
+      awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "MemberStatus") must be("Up"))
       val expectedMembers = roles.sorted.map(address(_)).mkString(",")
-      awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") == expectedMembers)
+      awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") must be(expectedMembers))
       val expectedLeader = address(roleOfLeader())
-      awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Leader") == expectedLeader.toString)
+      awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Leader") must be(expectedLeader.toString))
       mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Singleton").asInstanceOf[Boolean] must be(false)
 
       enterBarrier("after-4")
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
       enterBarrier("fourth-shutdown")
 
       runOn(first, second, third) {
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Unreachable") == fourthAddress.toString)
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Unreachable") must be(fourthAddress.toString))
         val expectedMembers = Seq(first, second, third).sorted.map(address(_)).mkString(",")
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") == expectedMembers)
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") must be(expectedMembers))
       }
       enterBarrier("fourth-unreachable")
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
       runOn(first, second, third) {
         awaitMembersUp(3, canNotBePartOfMemberRing = Set(fourthAddress))
         assertMembers(clusterView.members, first, second, third)
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Unreachable") == "")
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Unreachable") must be(""))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-5")
@@ -132,15 +132,14 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
         awaitMembersUp(2)
         assertMembers(clusterView.members, first, second)
         val expectedMembers = Seq(first, second).sorted.map(address(_)).mkString(",")
-        awaitCond(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") == expectedMembers)
+        awaitAssert(mbeanServer.getAttribute(mbeanName, "Members") must be(expectedMembers))
       }
       runOn(third) {
         awaitCond(cluster.isTerminated)
         // mbean should be unregistered, i.e. throw InstanceNotFoundException
-        awaitCond(Try { mbeanServer.getMBeanInfo(mbeanName); false } recover {
-          case e: InstanceNotFoundException ⇒ true
-          case _                            ⇒ false
-        } get)
+        awaitAssert(intercept[InstanceNotFoundException] {
+          mbeanServer.getMBeanInfo(mbeanName)
+        })
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-6")
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MinMembersBeforeUpSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MinMembersBeforeUpSpec.scala
index a91d672326..84ef5624b7 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MinMembersBeforeUpSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MinMembersBeforeUpSpec.scala
@@ -92,10 +92,9 @@ abstract class MinMembersBeforeUpBase(multiNodeConfig: MultiNodeConfig)
 
     runOn(first) {
       cluster join myself
-      awaitCond {
-        val result = clusterView.status == Joining
+      awaitAssert {
         clusterView.refreshCurrentState()
-        result
+        clusterView.status must be(Joining)
       }
     }
     enterBarrier("first-started")
@@ -107,10 +106,9 @@ abstract class MinMembersBeforeUpBase(multiNodeConfig: MultiNodeConfig)
     }
     runOn(first, second) {
       val expectedAddresses = Set(first, second) map address
-      awaitCond {
-        val result = clusterView.members.map(_.address) == expectedAddresses
+      awaitAssert {
         clusterView.refreshCurrentState()
-        result
+        clusterView.members.map(_.address) must be(expectedAddresses)
       }
       clusterView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(Joining))
       // and it should not change
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
index 52135b47d9..51eab3fea5 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ trait MultiNodeClusterSpec extends Suite with STMultiNodeSpec with WatchedByCoro
   def startClusterNode(): Unit = {
     if (clusterView.members.isEmpty) {
       cluster join myself
-      awaitCond(clusterView.members.exists(_.address == address(myself)))
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must contain(address(myself)))
     } else
       clusterView.self
   }
@@ -256,13 +256,12 @@ trait MultiNodeClusterSpec extends Suite with STMultiNodeSpec with WatchedByCoro
     timeout: FiniteDuration = 20.seconds): Unit = {
     within(timeout) {
       if (!canNotBePartOfMemberRing.isEmpty) // don't run this on an empty set
-        awaitCond(
-          canNotBePartOfMemberRing forall (address ⇒ !(clusterView.members exists (_.address == address))))
-      awaitCond(clusterView.members.size == numberOfMembers)
-      awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
+        awaitAssert(canNotBePartOfMemberRing foreach (a ⇒ clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (a)))
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.members.size must be(numberOfMembers))
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up)))
       // clusterView.leader is updated by LeaderChanged, await that to be updated also
       val expectedLeader = clusterView.members.headOption.map(_.address)
-      awaitCond(clusterView.leader == expectedLeader)
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.leader must be(expectedLeader))
     }
   }
 
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ trait MultiNodeClusterSpec extends Suite with STMultiNodeSpec with WatchedByCoro
    * Wait until the specified nodes have seen the same gossip overview.
    */
   def awaitSeenSameState(addresses: Address*): Unit =
-    awaitCond((addresses.toSet -- clusterView.seenBy).isEmpty)
+    awaitAssert((addresses.toSet -- clusterView.seenBy) must be(Set.empty))
 
   /**
    * Leader according to the address ordering of the roles.
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
index e3c5f6d1c7..d7ce04301e 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ abstract class NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec
 
       runOn(first, third) {
         // verify that the 'second' node is no longer part of the 'members' set
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must not contain (address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
 
         // verify that the 'second' node is not part of the 'unreachable' set
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
       }
 
       runOn(second) {
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingSpec.scala
index 341a8528bb..72c0eeb089 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingSpec.scala
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ abstract class NodeLeavingAndExitingSpec
         enterBarrier("second-left")
 
         val expectedAddresses = roles.toSet map address
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.map(_.address) == expectedAddresses)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.address) must be(expectedAddresses))
 
         // Verify that 'second' node is set to EXITING
         exitingLatch.await
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
index da11b5b7d0..21c87c59c4 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ abstract class NodeMembershipSpec
 
       runOn(first, second) {
         cluster.join(first)
-        awaitCond(clusterView.members.size == 2)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.size must be(2))
         assertMembers(clusterView.members, first, second)
-        awaitCond {
-          clusterView.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
-        }
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up)))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-1")
@@ -54,11 +52,9 @@ abstract class NodeMembershipSpec
         cluster.join(first)
       }
 
-      awaitCond(clusterView.members.size == 3)
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.members.size must be(3))
       assertMembers(clusterView.members, first, second, third)
-      awaitCond {
-        clusterView.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
-      }
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up)))
 
       enterBarrier("after-2")
     }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec.scala
index 716a3cdcf8..7bec0f0292 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec.scala
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ abstract class RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec
       // now we can join seed1System, seed2, seed3 together
       runOn(seed1) {
         Cluster(seed1System).joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
-        awaitCond(Cluster(seed1System).readView.members.size == 3)
-        awaitCond(Cluster(seed1System).readView.members.forall(_.status == Up))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(seed1System).readView.members.size must be(3))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(seed1System).readView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(Up)))
       }
       runOn(seed2, seed3) {
         cluster.joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ abstract class RestartFirstSeedNodeSpec
       }
       runOn(seed2, seed3) {
         awaitMembersUp(2, canNotBePartOfMemberRing = Set(seedNodes.head))
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != seedNodes.head))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must not contain (seedNodes.head))
       }
       enterBarrier("seed1-shutdown")
 
       // then start restartedSeed1System, which has the same address as seed1System
       runOn(seed1) {
         Cluster(restartedSeed1System).joinSeedNodes(seedNodes)
-        awaitCond(Cluster(restartedSeed1System).readView.members.size == 3)
-        awaitCond(Cluster(restartedSeed1System).readView.members.forall(_.status == Up))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(restartedSeed1System).readView.members.size must be(3))
+        awaitAssert(Cluster(restartedSeed1System).readView.members.map(_.status) must be(Set(Up)))
       }
       runOn(seed2, seed3) {
         awaitMembersUp(3)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
index fdf33cb391..332e2792d5 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
@@ -965,19 +965,19 @@ abstract class StressSpec
           expectMsgType[ChildrenCount] must be(ChildrenCount(nbrUsedRoles, 0))
 
           1 to 5 foreach { _ ⇒ supervisor ! new RuntimeException("Simulated exception") }
-          awaitCond {
+          awaitAssert {
             supervisor ! GetChildrenCount
             val c = expectMsgType[ChildrenCount]
-            c == ChildrenCount(nbrUsedRoles, 5 * nbrUsedRoles)
+            c must be(ChildrenCount(nbrUsedRoles, 5 * nbrUsedRoles))
           }
 
           // after 5 restart attempts the children should be stopped
           supervisor ! new RuntimeException("Simulated exception")
-          awaitCond {
+          awaitAssert {
             supervisor ! GetChildrenCount
             val c = expectMsgType[ChildrenCount]
             // zero children
-            c == ChildrenCount(0, 6 * nbrUsedRoles)
+            c must be(ChildrenCount(0, 6 * nbrUsedRoles))
           }
           supervisor ! Reset
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
index dd379382e8..9cf6ba710c 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
@@ -55,20 +55,18 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
 
   def seenLatestGossip: Set[RoleName] = clusterView.seenBy flatMap roleName
 
-  def awaitSeen(addresses: Address*): Unit = awaitCond {
-    (seenLatestGossip map address) == addresses.toSet
+  def awaitSeen(addresses: Address*): Unit = awaitAssert {
+    (seenLatestGossip map address) must be(addresses.toSet)
   }
 
-  def awaitMembers(addresses: Address*): Unit = awaitCond {
-    val result = memberAddresses == addresses.toSet
+  def awaitMembers(addresses: Address*): Unit = awaitAssert {
     clusterView.refreshCurrentState()
-    result
+    memberAddresses must be(addresses.toSet)
   }
 
-  def awaitMemberStatus(address: Address, status: MemberStatus): Unit = awaitCond {
-    val result = memberStatus(address) == status
+  def awaitMemberStatus(address: Address, status: MemberStatus): Unit = awaitAssert {
     clusterView.refreshCurrentState()
-    result
+    memberStatus(address) must be(status)
   }
 
   def leaderActions(): Unit =
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitMembers(first, second)
         awaitMemberStatus(first, Up)
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Joining)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second)))
       }
       enterBarrier("convergence-joining-2")
 
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       runOn(first, second) {
         // gossip chat will synchronize the views
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Up)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second)))
         awaitMemberStatus(first, Up)
       }
 
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       }
       runOn(second, third) {
         // gossip chat from the join will synchronize the views
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(second, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(second, third)))
       }
       enterBarrier("third-joined-second")
 
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitMembers(first, second, third)
         awaitMemberStatus(third, Joining)
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Up)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third)))
       }
 
       first gossipTo third
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitMemberStatus(first, Up)
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Up)
         awaitMemberStatus(third, Joining)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third)))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("convergence-joining-3")
@@ -200,7 +198,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       leader12 gossipTo other1
       runOn(other1) {
         awaitMemberStatus(third, Up)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(leader12, myself))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(leader12, myself)))
       }
 
       // first non-leader gossipTo the other non-leader
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       }
       runOn(other2) {
         awaitMemberStatus(third, Up)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third)))
       }
 
       // first non-leader gossipTo the leader
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitMemberStatus(first, Up)
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Up)
         awaitMemberStatus(third, Up)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third)))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-3")
@@ -230,8 +228,8 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       runOn(third) {
         markNodeAsUnavailable(second)
         reapUnreachable()
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.contains(Member(second, Up, Set.empty)))
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(third))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Up, Set.empty)))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(third)))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-second-unavailble")
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       third gossipTo first
 
       runOn(first, third) {
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.contains(Member(second, Up, Set.empty)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Up, Set.empty)))
       }
 
       runOn(first) {
@@ -251,9 +249,9 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       first gossipTo third
 
       runOn(first, third) {
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.contains(Member(second, Down, Set.empty)))
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Down, Set.empty)))
         awaitMemberStatus(second, Down)
-        awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, third))
+        awaitAssert(seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, third)))
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-6")
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
index fe1061e8a8..7063212643 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ abstract class UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec(multiNodeConfig: UnreachableNod
         allButVictim.foreach(markNodeAsUnavailable(_))
         within(30 seconds) {
           // victim becomes all alone
-          awaitCond({
+          awaitAssert {
             val members = clusterView.members
-            clusterView.unreachableMembers.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
-              members.size == 1 &&
-              members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
-          })
+            clusterView.unreachableMembers.size must be(roles.size - 1)
+            members.size must be(1)
+            members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up))
+          }
           clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must be((allButVictim map address).toSet)
         }
       }
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ abstract class UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec(multiNodeConfig: UnreachableNod
         markNodeAsUnavailable(victim)
         within(30 seconds) {
           // victim becomes unreachable
-          awaitCond({
+          awaitAssert {
             val members = clusterView.members
-            clusterView.unreachableMembers.size == 1 &&
-              members.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
-              members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
-          })
+            clusterView.unreachableMembers.size must be(1)
+            members.size must be(roles.size - 1)
+            members.map(_.status) must be(Set(MemberStatus.Up))
+          }
           awaitSeenSameState(allButVictim map address: _*)
           // still one unreachable
           clusterView.unreachableMembers.size must be(1)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ abstract class UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec(multiNodeConfig: UnreachableNod
       runOn(allBut(victim): _*) {
         awaitMembersUp(roles.size - 1, Set(victim))
         // eventually removed
-        awaitCond(clusterView.unreachableMembers.isEmpty, 15 seconds)
+        awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers must be(Set.empty), 15 seconds)
 
       }
       endBarrier
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec.scala
index 70477d03b7..0954d4f3c4 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec.scala
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ abstract class AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(AdaptiveLoa
     val router = system.actorOf(Props[Routee].withRouter(ClusterRouterConfig(
       local = AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouter(HeapMetricsSelector),
       settings = ClusterRouterSettings(totalInstances = 10, maxInstancesPerNode = 1, useRole = None))), name)
-    awaitCond {
-      // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-      currentRoutees(router).size == roles.size
-    }
+    // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+    awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router).size must be(roles.size) }
     currentRoutees(router).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
     router
   }
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ abstract class AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(AdaptiveLoa
 
       runOn(first) {
         val router2 = startRouter("router2")
-        router2
 
         // collect some metrics before we start
         Thread.sleep(cluster.settings.MetricsInterval.toMillis * 10)
@@ -193,10 +190,8 @@ abstract class AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(AdaptiveLoa
     "create routees from configuration" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
       runOn(first) {
         val router3 = system.actorOf(Props[Memory].withRouter(FromConfig()), "router3")
-        awaitCond {
-          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-          currentRoutees(router3).size == 9
-        }
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router3).size must be(9) }
         currentRoutees(router3).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(Set(address(first)))
       }
       enterBarrier("after-4")
@@ -205,10 +200,8 @@ abstract class AdaptiveLoadBalancingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(AdaptiveLoa
     "create routees from cluster.enabled configuration" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
       runOn(first) {
         val router4 = system.actorOf(Props[Memory].withRouter(FromConfig()), "router4")
-        awaitCond {
-          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-          currentRoutees(router4).size == 6
-        }
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router4).size must be(6) }
         currentRoutees(router4).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(Set(
           address(first), address(second), address(third)))
       }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala
index b72f793228..9b6ca0d91a 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ abstract class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterC
 
     "create routees from configuration" in {
       runOn(first) {
-        awaitCond {
-          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-          currentRoutees(router1).size == 4
-        }
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router1).size must be(4) }
         currentRoutees(router1).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(Set(address(first), address(second)))
       }
       enterBarrier("after-2")
@@ -111,10 +109,8 @@ abstract class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterC
       awaitClusterUp(first, second, third)
 
       runOn(first) {
-        awaitCond {
-          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-          currentRoutees(router1).size == 6
-        }
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router1).size must be(6) }
         currentRoutees(router1).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
       }
 
@@ -125,10 +121,8 @@ abstract class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterC
       runOn(first) {
         val router2 = system.actorOf(Props[Echo].withRouter(ClusterRouterConfig(local = ConsistentHashingRouter(),
           settings = ClusterRouterSettings(totalInstances = 10, maxInstancesPerNode = 2, useRole = None))), "router2")
-        awaitCond {
-          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-          currentRoutees(router2).size == 6
-        }
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router2).size must be(6) }
         currentRoutees(router2).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
       }
 
@@ -166,10 +160,8 @@ abstract class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterC
     }
 
     def assertHashMapping(router: ActorRef): Unit = {
-      awaitCond {
-        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
-        currentRoutees(router).size == 6
-      }
+      // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+      awaitAssert { currentRoutees(router).size must be(6) }
       currentRoutees(router).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
 
       router ! "a"
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec.scala
index 430df7ab50..7148b4ee9f 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec.scala
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
         router1.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
 
         // max-nr-of-instances-per-node=2 times 2 nodes
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router1).size == 4)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router1).size must be(4))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
 
       runOn(first) {
         // 2 nodes, 1 routee on each node
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router4).size == 2)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router4).size must be(2))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
 
       runOn(first) {
         // max-nr-of-instances-per-node=2 times 4 nodes
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router1).size == 8)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router1).size must be(8))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
 
       runOn(first) {
         // 4 nodes, 1 routee on each node
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router4).size == 4)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router4).size must be(4))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
 
       runOn(first) {
         // max-nr-of-instances-per-node=1 times 3 nodes
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router3).size == 3)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router3).size must be(3))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
     "deploy routees to specified node role" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
 
       runOn(first) {
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router5).size == 2)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router5).size must be(2))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
         router2.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
 
         // totalInstances = 3, maxInstancesPerNode = 1
-        awaitCond(currentRoutees(router2).size == 3)
+        awaitAssert(currentRoutees(router2).size must be(3))
 
         val iterationCount = 10
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -311,8 +311,9 @@ abstract class ClusterRoundRobinRoutedActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterRou
 
         val downAddress = routeeAddresses.find(_ != address(first)).get
         cluster.down(downAddress)
-        awaitCond {
-          routeeAddresses.contains(notUsedAddress) && !routeeAddresses.contains(downAddress)
+        awaitAssert {
+          routeeAddresses must contain(notUsedAddress)
+          routeeAddresses must not contain (downAddress)
         }
 
         val iterationCount = 10
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
index a2738ea9ef..47cfcb19a1 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ object ClusterSpec {
 class ClusterSpec extends AkkaSpec(ClusterSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
   import ClusterSpec._
 
-  // FIXME: temporary workaround. See #2663
-  val selfAddress = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[ClusterActorRefProvider].transport.defaultAddress
+  val selfAddress = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.getDefaultAddress
 
   val cluster = Cluster(system)
   def clusterView = cluster.readView
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class ClusterSpec extends AkkaSpec(ClusterSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
       awaitCond(clusterView.isSingletonCluster)
       clusterView.self.address must be(selfAddress)
       clusterView.members.map(_.address) must be(Set(selfAddress))
-      awaitCond(clusterView.status == MemberStatus.Up)
+      awaitAssert(clusterView.status must be(MemberStatus.Up))
     }
 
     "publish CurrentClusterState to subscribers when requested" in {