diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/LongVariableRuleTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/LongVariableRuleTest.java
index 23d265d841..bb59317d0f 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/LongVariableRuleTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/LongVariableRuleTest.java
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+package test.net.sourceforge.pmd.rules;
 
- /**
-  * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
-  */
- package test.net.sourceforge.pmd.rules;
- 
- import net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule;
- import test.net.sourceforge.pmd.testframework.SimpleAggregatorTst;
- import test.net.sourceforge.pmd.testframework.TestDescriptor;
- 
- public class LongVariableRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
-     private Rule rule;
-     private TestDescriptor[] tests;
- 
-     public void setUp() {
-         rule = findRule("naming", "LongVariable");
-         tests = extractTestsFromXml(rule);
-     }
- 
-     public void testAll() {
-         runTests(new TestDescriptor[] {tests[0], tests[1], tests[2], tests[3], tests[4]});
-     }
-     
-     public void testThreshold() {
-         runTest(tests[5]);  //Need a fresh rule to work around caching
-     }
- }
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule;
+import test.net.sourceforge.pmd.testframework.SimpleAggregatorTst;
+
+public class LongVariableRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
+    private Rule rule;
+
+    public void setUp() {
+        rule = findRule("naming", "LongVariable");
+    }
+
+    public void testAll() {
+        runTests(rule);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/xml/LongVariable.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/xml/LongVariable.xml
index b22f4e5113..869abd8a2f 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/xml/LongVariable.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/xml/LongVariable.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
-    <test-code>
+    <test-code reinitializeRule="true">
         <description><![CDATA[
 threshold test
      ]]></description>