diff --git a/tests/functional/search/base.php b/tests/functional/search/base.php
index c6a5a18c94..28327da914 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/base.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/base.php
@@ -23,21 +23,12 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 	{
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=' . $keywords);
 		$this->assertEquals(0, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count());
-		if ($this->search_backend == 'phpbb_search_fulltext_native' || $this->search_backend == 'phpbb_search_fulltext_postgres')
-		{
-			$this->markTestIncomplete('Native and Postgres search when fails doesn\'t show the search query');
-		}
 		$split_keywords_string = str_replace(array('+', '-'), ' ', $keywords);
 		$this->assertEquals($split_keywords_string, $crawler->filter('#keywords')->attr('value'));
 	}
 
 	public function test_search_backend()
 	{
-		if ($this->search_backend == 'phpbb_search_fulltext_sphinx')
-		{
-			$this->markTestIncomplete('Sphinx Tests are not supported');
-		}
-
 		$this->login();
 		$this->admin_login();
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/native_test.php b/tests/functional/search/native_test.php
index cefe87eb15..63e7085308 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/native_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/native_test.php
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/base.php';
 class phpbb_functional_search_native_test extends phpbb_functional_search_base
 {
 	protected $search_backend = 'phpbb_search_fulltext_native';
+
+	protected function assert_search_not_found($keywords)
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete('Native search when fails doesn\'t show the search query');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/postgres_test.php b/tests/functional/search/postgres_test.php
index 900e01da2a..f733238c8f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/postgres_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/postgres_test.php
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/base.php';
 class phpbb_functional_search_postgres_test extends phpbb_functional_search_base
 {
 	protected $search_backend = 'phpbb_search_fulltext_postgres';
+
+	protected function assert_search_not_found($keywords)
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete('Postgres search when fails doesn\'t show the search query');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php b/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
index cc387d33a7..9db4138714 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/base.php';
 class phpbb_functional_search_sphinx_test extends phpbb_functional_search_base
 {
 	protected $search_backend = 'phpbb_search_fulltext_sphinx';
+
+	public function test_search_backend()
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete('Sphinx Tests are not supported');
+	}
 }