diff --git a/framework/project/Build.scala b/framework/project/Build.scala
index 969ceae53c0..99076593ab7 100644
--- a/framework/project/Build.scala
+++ b/framework/project/Build.scala
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ object PlayBuild extends Build {
             specsBuild % "test",
 
             "org.mockito"                       %    "mockito-all"              %   "1.9.0"    %  "test",
-            "com.novocode"                      %    "junit-interface"          %   "0.10-M2"  %  "test",
+            "com.novocode"                      %    "junit-interface"          %   "0.9"      %  "test",
 
             "org.fluentlenium"                  %    "fluentlenium-festassert"  %   "0.7.3"    %  "test" exclude("org.jboss.netty", "netty"),
             "org.scala-lang"                    %    "scala-reflect"            %   "2.10.0"
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ object PlayBuild extends Build {
         val testDependencies = Seq(
             "junit"                             %    "junit-dep"                %   "4.10",
             specsBuild,
-            "com.novocode"                      %    "junit-interface"          %   "0.10-M2",
+            "com.novocode"                      %    "junit-interface"          %   "0.9",
 
             "org.fluentlenium"                  %    "fluentlenium-festassert"  %   "0.7.3" exclude("org.jboss.netty", "netty")
         )
diff --git a/framework/src/sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/PlaySettings.scala b/framework/src/sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/PlaySettings.scala
index 853b83d7e0e..b50bf9ff8d6 100644
--- a/framework/src/sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/PlaySettings.scala
+++ b/framework/src/sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/PlaySettings.scala
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ trait PlaySettings {
 
     testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.Specs2, "sequential", "true"),
 
-    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "junitxml", "console", "--ignore-runners=org.specs2.runner.JUnitRunner"),
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "junitxml", "console"),
 
     testListeners <<= (target, streams).map((t, s) => Seq(new eu.henkelmann.sbt.JUnitXmlTestsListener(t.getAbsolutePath, s.log))),
 
diff --git a/framework/test/integrationtest-scala/test/RunWithSpec.scala b/framework/test/integrationtest-scala/test/RunWithSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index b99ead3e632..00000000000
--- a/framework/test/integrationtest-scala/test/RunWithSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package test 
-import org.specs2.mutable._
-
-import org.junit.runner._
-import org.specs2.runner.JUnitRunner
-import org.specs2.specification.Scope
-import play.api.libs.Files._
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-class RunWithSpec extends Specification {
-
-  class ScopeVar extends Scope {
-    RunWithSpecVar.count += 1
-  }
-
-  "Specs with runWith" should {
-      "execute once" in new ScopeVar {
-        RunWithSpecVar.count === 1
-      }
-  } 
-}
-
-object RunWithSpecVar {
-  var count = 0  
-}
-