diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/WrappedExceptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/WrappedExceptionsTest.java
index f8b72a1..7ed8328 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/WrappedExceptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/WrappedExceptionsTest.java
@@ -15,43 +15,32 @@
  */
 package org.yaml.snakeyaml.error;
 
-import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 public class WrappedExceptionsTest {
 
     private static final String INVALID_YAML = "!!seq abc";
 
-    @Rule
-    public final ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();
-
-    @Before
-    public void configureExpectedExceptions() {
-        expectedException.expectMessage("org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.ScalarNode");
-        expectedException.expectMessage("org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.SequenceNode");
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testWrapped() {
-        expectedException.expect(YAMLException.class);
-        expectedException
-                .expectCause(CoreMatchers.<Throwable> instanceOf(ClassCastException.class));
-
-        LoaderOptions options = new LoaderOptions();
-        options.setWrappedToRootException(true);
-        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);
-        yaml.load(INVALID_YAML);
+        try {
+            LoaderOptions options = new LoaderOptions();
+            options.setWrappedToRootException(true);
+            Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);
+            yaml.load(INVALID_YAML);
+            fail();
+        } catch (YAMLException e) {
+            assertEquals(ClassCastException.class, e.getCause().getClass());
+        }
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected = ClassCastException.class)
     public void testUnWrapped() {
-        expectedException.expect(ClassCastException.class);
-
         LoaderOptions options = new LoaderOptions();
         options.setWrappedToRootException(false);
         Yaml yaml = new Yaml(options);