diff --git a/wagtail/tests/utils.py b/wagtail/tests/utils.py
index 44e612555..4b22b000c 100644
--- a/wagtail/tests/utils.py
+++ b/wagtail/tests/utils.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def login(client):
     return user
 
 
-class WagtailTestCase(TestCase):
+class WagtailTestUtils(object):
     def login(self):
         return login(self.client)
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_account_management.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_account_management.py
index 0b71d55fb..499cd9554 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_account_management.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_account_management.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-from wagtail.tests.utils import unittest, WagtailTestCase
+from django.test import TestCase
+from wagtail.tests.utils import unittest, WagtailTestUtils
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.tokens import PasswordResetTokenGenerator
 from django.core import mail
 
 
-class TestAuthentication(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestAuthentication(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     """
     This tests that users can login and logout of the admin interface
     """
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class TestAuthentication(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertFalse('_auth_user_id' in self.client.session)
 
 
-class TestAccountSection(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestAccountSection(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     """
     This tests that the accounts section is working
     """
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class TestAccountSection(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(User.objects.get(username='test').check_password('password'))
 
 
-class TestPasswordReset(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPasswordReset(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     """
     This tests that the password reset is working
     """
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
index f97c26581..a34b29fd8 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
 from wagtail.tests.models import SimplePage, EventPage
-from wagtail.tests.utils import unittest, WagtailTestCase
+from wagtail.tests.utils import unittest, WagtailTestUtils
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page, PageRevision
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Permission
 from django.core import mail
 
 
-class TestPageExplorer(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageExplorer(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Find root page
         self.root_page = Page.objects.get(id=2)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class TestPageExplorer(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(response.context['pages'].filter(id=self.child_page.id).exists())
 
 
-class TestPageCreation(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageCreation(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Find root page
         self.root_page = Page.objects.get(id=2)
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ class TestPageCreation(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, "New page!")
 
 
-class TestPageEdit(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageEdit(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Find root page
         self.root_page = Page.objects.get(id=2)
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ class TestPageEdit(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, "I've been edited!")
 
 
-class TestPageDelete(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageDelete(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Find root page
         self.root_page = Page.objects.get(id=2)
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ class TestPageDelete(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Page.objects.filter(path__startswith=self.root_page.path, slug='hello-world').count(), 0)
 
 
-class TestPageSearch(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageSearch(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Login
         self.login()
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ class TestPageSearch(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(any([r.slug == 'root' for r in results]))
 
 
-class TestPageMove(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageMove(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         # Find root page
         self.root_page = Page.objects.get(id=2)
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ class TestPageMove(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
 
-class TestPageUnpublish(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestPageUnpublish(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         self.user = self.login()
 
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ class TestPageUnpublish(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertFalse(SimplePage.objects.get(id=self.page.id).live)
 
 
-class TestApproveRejectModeration(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestApproveRejectModeration(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         self.submitter = User.objects.create_superuser(
             username='submitter',
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ class TestApproveRejectModeration(WagtailTestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, "Hello world!")
 
 
-class TestContentTypeUse(WagtailTestCase):
+class TestContentTypeUse(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     fixtures = ['test.json']
 
     def setUp(self):