diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/ControllerAuthorizeTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/ControllerAuthorizeTest.php
index ce92d6b14..3ed011262 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/ControllerAuthorizeTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/ControllerAuthorizeTest.php
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ class ControllerAuthorizeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 /**
  * testControllerTypeError
  *
+ * @expectedException PHPUnit_Framework_Error
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testControllerTypeError() {
 		try {
 			$this->auth->controller(new StdClass());
 			$this->fail('No exception thrown');
-		} catch (Throwable $t) {
-			$this->assertTrue(true, 'Exception was raised');
+		} catch (TypeError $e) {
+			throw new PHPUnit_Framework_Error('Raised an error', 100, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
index d8d3e33b2..8a738fd30 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ class ConfigureTest extends CakeTestCase {
 /**
  * test reader() throwing exceptions on missing interface.
  *
+ * @expectedException PHPUnit_Framework_Error
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testReaderExceptionOnIncorrectClass() {
@@ -456,9 +457,8 @@ class ConfigureTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		try {
 			Configure::config('test', $reader);
-			$this->fail('No error raised');
-		} catch (Throwable $t) {
-			$this->assertTrue(true, 'TypeError raised');
+		} catch (TypeError $e) {
+			throw new PHPUnit_Framework_Error('Raised an error', 100, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
index 6dc888223..e4c28cae0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/MysqlTest.php
@@ -2908,14 +2908,15 @@ SQL;
 /**
  * testDropSchemaNoSchema method
  *
+ * @expectedException PHPUnit_Framework_Error
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testDropSchemaNoSchema() {
 		try {
 			$this->Dbo->dropSchema(null);
 			$this->fail('No exception');
-		} catch (Throwable $t) {
-			$this->assertTrue(true, 'Exception raised');
+		} catch (TypeError $e) {
+			throw new PHPUnit_Framework_Error('Raised an error', 100, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
index 7f2a73e43..f00c1a250 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
@@ -2223,14 +2223,15 @@ class ModelValidationTest extends BaseModelTest {
 /**
  * Test that type hint exception is thrown
  *
+ * @expectedException PHPUnit_Framework_Error
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testValidatorTypehintException() {
 		try {
 			new ModelValidator('asdasds');
 			$this->fail('No exeption raised');
-		} catch (Throwable $t) {
-			$this->assertTrue(true, 'An error/exception was raised');
+		} catch (TypeError $e) {
+			throw new PHPUnit_Framework_Error('Raised an error', 100, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		}
 	}