diff --git a/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/OperatorExtension.java b/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/OperatorExtension.java
index c445acf67c..e4d3b23b75 100644
--- a/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/OperatorExtension.java
+++ b/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/OperatorExtension.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -100,8 +99,11 @@ protected void before(ExtensionContext context) {
       try (InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream(path)) {
         final var crd = kubernetesClient.load(is);
         crd.createOrReplace();
-        crd.waitUntilReady(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        Thread.sleep(2000); // readiness is not applicable for CRD, just wait a little
         LOGGER.debug("Applied CRD with name: {}", config.getResourceTypeName());
+      } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+        LOGGER.error("Interrupted.", ex);
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
       } catch (Exception ex) {
         throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot apply CRD yaml: " + path, ex);
       }
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/event/EventSourceTestCustomReconciler.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/event/EventSourceTestCustomReconciler.java
index cc4d083372..67c5e09b25 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/event/EventSourceTestCustomReconciler.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/event/EventSourceTestCustomReconciler.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtils;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.*;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support.TestExecutionInfoProvider;
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@ public class EventSourceTestCustomReconciler
     implements Reconciler<EventSourceTestCustomResource>,
     TestExecutionInfoProvider {
 
-  public static final String FINALIZER_NAME =
-      ReconcilerUtils.getDefaultFinalizerName(EventSourceTestCustomResource.class);
   public static final int TIMER_PERIOD = 500;
   private final AtomicInteger numberOfExecutions = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/TestUtils.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/TestUtils.java
index c2b5841d68..f78aa0266a 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/TestUtils.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/TestUtils.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ public class TestUtils {
 
   public static final String TEST_CUSTOM_RESOURCE_PREFIX = "test-custom-resource-";
   public static final String TEST_CUSTOM_RESOURCE_NAME = "test-custom-resource";
-  public static final String TEST_NAMESPACE = "java-operator-sdk-int-test";
 
   public static TestCustomResource testCustomResource() {
     return testCustomResource(UUID.randomUUID().toString());