diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e31d90f608892de6976789bed1ee94d6ff6aed51..8a20181096223d3ee53c056433eb19225429ca18 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -331,16 +331,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev/run-tests.py b/dev/run-tests.py
index d8b22e1665e7bf339648cb72e6341602b878506e..1a816585187d906719fa899437a2309b0cef46b0 100755
--- a/dev/run-tests.py
+++ b/dev/run-tests.py
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ def determine_modules_to_test(changed_modules):
     return modules_to_test.union(set(changed_modules))
 
 
+def determine_tags_to_exclude(changed_modules):
+    tags = []
+    for m in modules.all_modules:
+        if m not in changed_modules:
+            tags += m.test_tags
+    return tags
+
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions for working with subprocesses and shell tools
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@ def detect_binary_inop_with_mima():
 
 def run_scala_tests_maven(test_profiles):
     mvn_test_goals = ["test", "--fail-at-end"]
+
     profiles_and_goals = test_profiles + mvn_test_goals
 
     print("[info] Running Spark tests using Maven with these arguments: ",
@@ -392,7 +401,7 @@ def run_scala_tests_sbt(test_modules, test_profiles):
     exec_sbt(profiles_and_goals)
 
 
-def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules):
+def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules, excluded_tags):
     """Function to properly execute all tests passed in as a set from the
     `determine_test_suites` function"""
     set_title_and_block("Running Spark unit tests", "BLOCK_SPARK_UNIT_TESTS")
@@ -401,6 +410,10 @@ def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules):
 
     test_profiles = get_hadoop_profiles(hadoop_version) + \
         list(set(itertools.chain.from_iterable(m.build_profile_flags for m in test_modules)))
+
+    if excluded_tags:
+        test_profiles += ['-Dtest.exclude.tags=' + ",".join(excluded_tags)]
+
     if build_tool == "maven":
         run_scala_tests_maven(test_profiles)
     else:
@@ -500,8 +513,10 @@ def main():
         target_branch = os.environ["ghprbTargetBranch"]
         changed_files = identify_changed_files_from_git_commits("HEAD", target_branch=target_branch)
         changed_modules = determine_modules_for_files(changed_files)
+        excluded_tags = determine_tags_to_exclude(changed_modules)
     if not changed_modules:
         changed_modules = [modules.root]
+        excluded_tags = []
     print("[info] Found the following changed modules:",
           ", ".join(x.name for x in changed_modules))
 
@@ -541,7 +556,7 @@ def main():
         detect_binary_inop_with_mima()
 
     # run the test suites
-    run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules)
+    run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules, excluded_tags)
 
     modules_with_python_tests = [m for m in test_modules if m.python_test_goals]
     if modules_with_python_tests:
diff --git a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
index 346452f3174e4c5f0a694621005dd3efd148b8d1..65397f1f3e0bc0623130cbb71e84d45f08a0236e 100644
--- a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
+++ b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Module(object):
 
     def __init__(self, name, dependencies, source_file_regexes, build_profile_flags=(), environ={},
                  sbt_test_goals=(), python_test_goals=(), blacklisted_python_implementations=(),
-                 should_run_r_tests=False):
+                 test_tags=(), should_run_r_tests=False):
         """
         Define a new module.
 
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class Module(object):
         :param blacklisted_python_implementations: A set of Python implementations that are not
             supported by this module's Python components. The values in this set should match
             strings returned by Python's `platform.python_implementation()`.
+        :param test_tags A set of tags that will be excluded when running unit tests if the module
+            is not explicitly changed.
         :param should_run_r_tests: If true, changes in this module will trigger all R tests.
         """
         self.name = name
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ class Module(object):
         self.environ = environ
         self.python_test_goals = python_test_goals
         self.blacklisted_python_implementations = blacklisted_python_implementations
+        self.test_tags = test_tags
         self.should_run_r_tests = should_run_r_tests
 
         self.dependent_modules = set()
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ sql = Module(
         "catalyst/test",
         "sql/test",
         "hive/test",
+    ],
+    test_tags=[
+        "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.ExtendedHiveTest"
     ]
 )
 
@@ -398,6 +404,22 @@ ec2 = Module(
 )
 
 
+yarn = Module(
+    name="yarn",
+    dependencies=[],
+    source_file_regexes=[
+        "yarn/",
+        "network/yarn/",
+    ],
+    sbt_test_goals=[
+        "yarn/test",
+        "network-yarn/test",
+    ],
+    test_tags=[
+        "org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.ExtendedYarnTest"
+    ]
+)
+
 # The root module is a dummy module which is used to run all of the tests.
 # No other modules should directly depend on this module.
 root = Module(
diff --git a/external/flume/pom.xml b/external/flume/pom.xml
index 132062f94fb4574c76f845578c85803cb2495bc3..3154e36c21ef573671d1dae23bcd7b6a8f2c02c7 100644
--- a/external/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume/pom.xml
@@ -66,16 +66,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/kafka/pom.xml b/external/kafka/pom.xml
index 05abd9e2e681059cec14334a30e829031e9d8be8..7d0d46dadc72709bbe50046939d41b1461a96984 100644
--- a/external/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/mqtt/pom.xml b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
index 05e6338a08b0a85263b03557ce6e01e17307a975..913c47d33f488a99fd3e9a72bb7e5bcc7de77e8a 100644
--- a/external/mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>activemq-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/twitter/pom.xml b/external/twitter/pom.xml
index 244ad58ae95936e0fd8057f4adf59b8c55cbaac5..9137bf25ee8ae6cfca6142891b42006a22cd4600 100644
--- a/external/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/external/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/zeromq/pom.xml b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
index 171df8682c8489593773afb72ef6d26bcba01160..6fec4f0e8a0f9536adf07038c81b4dd7e19e967a 100644
--- a/external/zeromq/pom.xml
+++ b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
index 81794a85363189a2febcc67d19d91a6f1647e944..dba3dda8a9562ef9f72e25fe6d07a89c659ac9ad 100644
--- a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
index 6dd8ff69c29437090e94f30f17bad8fb63fe4405..760f183a2ef37356b9c9787fd512415acb10e181 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/launcher/pom.xml b/launcher/pom.xml
index ed38e66aa2467de73198bbcdc0ee984a557f6734..80696280a1d18eee9e0d2b460fba57d94a9b7ac6 100644
--- a/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index 22c0c6008ba377ee0b9f3d24fedde63bea96e8e6..5dedacb38874eae7554c9b0a7bb5e7b552eeccc7 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -94,16 +94,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/network/common/pom.xml b/network/common/pom.xml
index 1cc054a8936c552d26137c3d24445b51831fcd6a..9c12cca0df6092e28ad6549602f75d3ea743f982 100644
--- a/network/common/pom.xml
+++ b/network/common/pom.xml
@@ -64,16 +64,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/network/shuffle/pom.xml b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
index 7a66c968041cee5952da4efd9fccd32ff06c7d9b..e4f4c57b683c89744210cef5717ccb53254a6762 100644
--- a/network/shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6535994641145413eba60e1d584d7c0b2b8c0add..2927d3e10756325c90e586a2bded5df668bcf3b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
     <libthrift.version>0.9.2</libthrift.version>
 
     <test.java.home>${java.home}</test.java.home>
+    <test.exclude.tags></test.exclude.tags>
 
     <!--
       Dependency scopes that can be overridden by enabling certain profiles. These profiles are
@@ -339,6 +340,16 @@
       <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
@@ -742,7 +753,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.10</version>
+        <version>4.11</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -760,7 +771,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10</version>
+        <version>0.11</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1915,6 +1926,7 @@
               <test.src.tables>src</test.src.tables>
             </systemProperties>
             <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+            <excludedGroups>${test.exclude.tags}</excludedGroups>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <!-- Scalatest runs all Scala tests -->
@@ -1952,6 +1964,7 @@
               <!-- Needed by sql/hive tests. -->
               <test.src.tables>__not_used__</test.src.tables>
             </systemProperties>
+            <tagsToExclude>${test.exclude.tags}</tagsToExclude>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 901cfa538d23e86739a434f0895531c47d18f560..d80d300f1c3b2e4e68412ed21eec808910f31a12 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -567,11 +567,20 @@ object TestSettings {
     javaOptions in Test ++= "-Xmx3g -Xss4096k -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxNewSize=256m -XX:MaxPermSize=1g"
       .split(" ").toSeq,
     javaOptions += "-Xmx3g",
+    // Exclude tags defined in a system property
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.ScalaTest,
+      sys.props.get("test.exclude.tags").map { tags =>
+        tags.split(",").flatMap { tag => Seq("-l", tag) }.toSeq
+      }.getOrElse(Nil): _*),
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit,
+      sys.props.get("test.exclude.tags").map { tags =>
+        Seq("--exclude-categories=" + tags)
+      }.getOrElse(Nil): _*),
     // Show full stack trace and duration in test cases.
     testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument("-oDF"),
-    testOptions += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-v", "-a"),
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-v", "-a"),
     // Enable Junit testing.
-    libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.9" % "test",
+    libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test",
     // Only allow one test at a time, even across projects, since they run in the same JVM
     parallelExecution in Test := false,
     // Make sure the test temp directory exists.
diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index 465aa3a3888c2dc980e384211f074badf34bc5f0..fa6732db183d81854a3b7741da5f727f1b93b24a 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
       <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalacheck</groupId>
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
index ab309e0a1d36b1c3ab7cc7713133fe11bc92ea06..ffc4c32794ca4ffffb3c8bbf510b55fd46f191fd 100644
--- a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.ExtendedHiveTest
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHive
 
 /**
  * Runs the test cases that are included in the hive distribution.
  */
+@ExtendedHiveTest
 class HiveCompatibilitySuite extends HiveQueryFileTest with BeforeAndAfter {
   // TODO: bundle in jar files... get from classpath
   private lazy val hiveQueryDir = TestHive.getHiveFile(
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index ac67fe5f47be9fbb141f2b6675e718dcd5f9b470..82cfeb2bb95d3e2f59d098397c361b4213086be5 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-sql_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/ExtendedHiveTest.java b/sql/hive/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/ExtendedHiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2183183fb5594757fa6bfd5b7b778a742775e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/ExtendedHiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.hive;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import org.scalatest.TagAnnotation;
+
+@TagAnnotation
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+public @interface ExtendedHiveTest { }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
index f0bb77092c0cf1608c32a640430992de866774d0..888d1b7b455327b3a87f59d8ca8b6263986517cd 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkFunSuite}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{NamedExpression, Literal, AttributeReference, EqualTo}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.quietly
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.ExtendedHiveTest
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.IntegerType
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  * sure that reflective calls are not throwing NoSuchMethod error, but the actually functionality
  * is not fully tested.
  */
+@ExtendedHiveTest
 class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
 
   // Do not use a temp path here to speed up subsequent executions of the unit test during
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 5cc9001b0e9ab3e5e95496333e286ebb89c9d94e..1e6ee009ca6d5451d4ef8e930dcc2e36d825346f 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -84,21 +84,11 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/unsafe/pom.xml b/unsafe/pom.xml
index 066abe92e51c0b6b00ffb91bb12be5df9dd3609e..4e8b9a84bb67ffae754d11fbe5d25e185ac40f4c 100644
--- a/unsafe/pom.xml
+++ b/unsafe/pom.xml
@@ -55,16 +55,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ExtendedYarnTest.java b/yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ExtendedYarnTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a8f2fe979c1fa1ef9177c0547377dcf6a7412b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ExtendedYarnTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import org.scalatest.TagAnnotation;
+
+@TagAnnotation
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+public @interface ExtendedYarnTest { }
diff --git a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
index b5a42fd6afd988366608effa892eb67a5948d215..105c3090d489d2689301e56090feacecabe0a7e0 100644
--- a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  * applications, and require the Spark assembly to be built before they can be successfully
  * run.
  */
+@ExtendedYarnTest
 class YarnClusterSuite extends BaseYarnClusterSuite {
 
   override def newYarnConfig(): YarnConfiguration = new YarnConfiguration()
diff --git a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
index 8d9c9b3004eda473299e4caf7dfde3cd82c11d79..4700e2428df085e93adeb6bfcc5dad0ec3e67fd8 100644
--- a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.network.yarn.{YarnShuffleService, YarnTestAccessor}
 /**
  * Integration test for the external shuffle service with a yarn mini-cluster
  */
+@ExtendedYarnTest
 class YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite extends BaseYarnClusterSuite {
 
   override def newYarnConfig(): YarnConfiguration = {