diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
index bfda48fba9..e2dc9f098e 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
@@ -181,12 +181,11 @@ object FSMTimingSpec {
     }
     when(TestCancelTimer) {
       case Ev(Tick) ⇒
-        tester ! Tick
         setTimer("hallo", Tock, 1 milli, false)
         TestKit.awaitCond(context.hasMessages, 1 second)
         cancelTimer("hallo")
         setTimer("hallo", Tock, 500 millis, false)
-        stay
+        stay replying Tick
       case Ev(Tock) ⇒
         tester ! Tock
         stay
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ActorPoolSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ActorPoolSpec.scala
index 5e34a3c2ed..305d70e00a 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ActorPoolSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ActorPoolSpec.scala
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ class ActorPoolSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     }
 
     "support typed actors" in {
-      import RoutingSpec._
-
       val pool = app.createProxy[Foo](new Actor with DefaultActorPool with BoundedCapacityStrategy with MailboxPressureCapacitor with SmallestMailboxSelector with Filter with RunningMeanBackoff with BasicRampup {
         def lowerBound = 1
         def upperBound = 5