diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/pom.xml b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/pom.xml
index e814f4cf5..f6c0188ed 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/pom.xml
@@ -105,46 +105,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                    <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-                    <filters>
-                        <filter>
-                            <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>org/datanucleus/**</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                    </filters>
-
-                </configuration>
-
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
-                                    <resource>reference.conf</resource>
-                                </transformer>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer" />
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/dataset/NormalizerSerializerTest.java b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/dataset/NormalizerSerializerTest.java
index a65808fa7..f98ff27e0 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/dataset/NormalizerSerializerTest.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/dataset/NormalizerSerializerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.nd4j.linalg.dataset;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -65,12 +66,12 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 @NativeTag
 @Tag(TagNames.FILE_IO)
 public class NormalizerSerializerTest extends BaseNd4jTestWithBackends {
-     @TempDir  File tmpFile;
-    private NormalizerSerializer SUT;
+    @TempDir  File tmpFile;
+    private static NormalizerSerializer SUT;
 
 
-    @BeforeEach
-    public void setUp() throws IOException {
+    @BeforeAll
+    public static void setUp() throws IOException {
         SUT = NormalizerSerializer.getDefault();
     }
 
@@ -298,7 +299,6 @@ public class NormalizerSerializerTest extends BaseNd4jTestWithBackends {
     public void testCustomNormalizerWithoutRegisteredStrategy(Nd4jBackend backend) throws Exception {
         assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> {
             File normalizerFile = Files.createTempFile(tmpFile.toPath(),"pre-process-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString(),"bin").toFile();
-
             SUT.write(new MyNormalizer(123), normalizerFile);
 
         });