diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/FlowTestCase.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/FlowTestCase.java
index 93d037425..13f4345a2 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/FlowTestCase.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/FlowTestCase.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import google.registry.model.reporting.HistoryEntry;
 import google.registry.model.tmch.ClaimsListShard.ClaimsListSingleton;
 import google.registry.testing.AppEngineRule;
 import google.registry.testing.EppLoader;
+import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import google.registry.testing.FakeClock;
 import google.registry.testing.FakeHttpSession;
 import google.registry.testing.InjectRule;
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ public abstract class FlowTestCase<F extends Flow> extends ShardableTestCase {
       .withTaskQueue()
       .build();
 
+  @Rule
+  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
+
   @Rule
   public final InjectRule inject = new InjectRule();
 
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/ResourceFlowTestCase.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/ResourceFlowTestCase.java
index ab88174fc..12b3bbedb 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/ResourceFlowTestCase.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/ResourceFlowTestCase.java
@@ -36,12 +36,10 @@ import google.registry.model.index.EppResourceIndex;
 import google.registry.model.index.EppResourceIndexBucket;
 import google.registry.model.tmch.ClaimsListShard.ClaimsListRevision;
 import google.registry.model.tmch.ClaimsListShard.ClaimsListSingleton;
-import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import google.registry.testing.TaskQueueHelper.TaskMatcher;
 import google.registry.util.TypeUtils.TypeInstantiator;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -53,9 +51,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 public abstract class ResourceFlowTestCase<F extends Flow, R extends EppResource>
     extends FlowTestCase<F> {
 
-  @Rule
-  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
-
   protected R reloadResourceByForeignKey(DateTime now) throws Exception {
     // Force the session to be cleared so that when we read it back, we read from the datastore and
     // not from the transaction cache or memcache.
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollAckFlowTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollAckFlowTest.java
index 9ff9251d2..410d53370 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollAckFlowTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollAckFlowTest.java
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ import google.registry.flows.poll.PollAckFlow.NotAuthorizedToAckMessageException
 import google.registry.model.contact.ContactResource;
 import google.registry.model.domain.DomainResource;
 import google.registry.model.poll.PollMessage;
-import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /** Unit tests for {@link PollAckFlow}. */
@@ -44,9 +42,6 @@ public class PollAckFlowTest extends FlowTestCase<PollAckFlow> {
   private DomainResource domain;
   private ContactResource contact;
 
-  @Rule
-  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
-
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
     setEppInput("poll_ack.xml");
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollRequestFlowTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollRequestFlowTest.java
index 78e657e17..72f474c95 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollRequestFlowTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/poll/PollRequestFlowTest.java
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ import google.registry.model.reporting.HistoryEntry;
 import google.registry.model.transfer.TransferResponse.ContactTransferResponse;
 import google.registry.model.transfer.TransferResponse.DomainTransferResponse;
 import google.registry.model.transfer.TransferStatus;
-import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /** Unit tests for {@link PollRequestFlow}. */
@@ -47,9 +45,6 @@ public class PollRequestFlowTest extends FlowTestCase<PollRequestFlow> {
   private ContactResource contact;
   private HostResource host;
 
-  @Rule
-  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
-
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
     setEppInput("poll.xml");
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LoginFlowTestCase.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LoginFlowTestCase.java
index 812fc6ba7..33a8463f4 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LoginFlowTestCase.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LoginFlowTestCase.java
@@ -30,17 +30,12 @@ import google.registry.flows.session.LoginFlow.TooManyFailedLoginsException;
 import google.registry.flows.session.LoginFlow.UnsupportedLanguageException;
 import google.registry.model.registrar.Registrar;
 import google.registry.model.registrar.Registrar.State;
-import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /** Unit tests for {@link LoginFlow}. */
 public abstract class LoginFlowTestCase extends FlowTestCase<LoginFlow> {
 
-  @Rule
-  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
-
   Registrar registrar;
   Registrar.Builder registrarBuilder;
 
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LogoutFlowTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LogoutFlowTest.java
index 5367f89a7..b3cfddd1b 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LogoutFlowTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/flows/session/LogoutFlowTest.java
@@ -18,17 +18,12 @@ import static google.registry.testing.DatastoreHelper.createTld;
 
 import google.registry.flows.FlowTestCase;
 import google.registry.flows.LoggedInFlow.NotLoggedInException;
-import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /** Unit tests for {@link LogoutFlow}. */
 public class LogoutFlowTest extends FlowTestCase<LogoutFlow> {
 
-  @Rule
-  public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
-
   public LogoutFlowTest() {
     setEppInput("logout.xml");
   }