diff --git a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IngestedWithHashAndFileTypeInterCaseTests.java b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IngestedWithHashAndFileTypeInterCaseTests.java
index a35a6c7273..a425ecbcc8 100644
--- a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IngestedWithHashAndFileTypeInterCaseTests.java
+++ b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IngestedWithHashAndFileTypeInterCaseTests.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class IngestedWithHashAndFileTypeInterCaseTests extends NbTestCase {
             
         } catch (TskCoreException | NoCurrentCaseException | SQLException | EamDbException ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex); 
-            Assert.fail(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex.getMessage());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/InterCaseTestUtils.java b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/InterCaseTestUtils.java
index 1ecc6ff216..b4f6302d61 100644
--- a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/InterCaseTestUtils.java
+++ b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/InterCaseTestUtils.java
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class InterCaseTestUtils {
             return tally == instanceCount;
         } catch (EamDbException ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
-            Assert.fail(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex.getMessage());
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IntraCaseTestUtils.java b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IntraCaseTestUtils.java
index 6311543b9d..f2a06d01f1 100644
--- a/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IntraCaseTestUtils.java
+++ b/Core/test/qa-functional/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilessearch/IntraCaseTestUtils.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class IntraCaseTestUtils {
             return instanceIdToDataSource;
         } catch (EamDbException ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
-            Assert.fail(ex);
+            Assert.fail(ex.getMessage());
             return instanceIdToDataSource;
         }
     }