diff --git a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/PermissionsITCase.java b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/PermissionsITCase.java
index c372efaa2f..07e2a36534 100644
--- a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/PermissionsITCase.java
+++ b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/PermissionsITCase.java
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 import sonia.scm.repository.PermissionType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClient;
+import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClientException;
+import sonia.scm.web.VndMediaType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static sonia.scm.it.RepositoryUtil.addAndCommitRandomFile;
+import static sonia.scm.it.RestUtil.given;
 import static sonia.scm.it.ScmTypes.availableScmTypes;
 
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
@@ -106,34 +110,56 @@ public class PermissionsITCase {
     assertEquals(1, Objects.requireNonNull(client.getWorkingCopy().list()).length);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void userWithREADPermissionShouldBeNotAuthorizedToCommit() throws IOException {
-    assertFalse(RepositoryUtil.canUserCommit(USER_READ, USER_PASS, repositoryType, temporaryFolder));
+  @Test(expected = RepositoryClientException.class)
+  public void userWithReadPermissionShouldBeNotAuthorizedToCommit() throws IOException {
+    createAndCommit(USER_READ);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void userWithOwnerPermissionShouldBeAuthorizedToCommit() throws IOException {
-    assertTrue(RepositoryUtil.canUserCommit(USER_OWNER, USER_PASS, repositoryType, temporaryFolder));
+    createAndCommit(USER_OWNER);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void userWithWritePermissionShouldBeAuthorizedToCommit() throws IOException {
-    assertTrue(RepositoryUtil.canUserCommit(USER_WRITE, USER_PASS, repositoryType, temporaryFolder));
+    createAndCommit(USER_WRITE);
+  }
+
+  private void createAndCommit(String username) throws IOException {
+    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.newFolder(), username, PermissionsITCase.USER_PASS);
+    addAndCommitRandomFile(client, username);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void userWithWOwnerPermissionShouldBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
-    RepositoryUtil.assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(USER_OWNER, HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT, HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND, USER_PASS, repositoryType);
+  public void userWithOwnerPermissionShouldBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
+    assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT, HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND, USER_OWNER, repositoryType);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void userWithWReadPermissionShouldNotBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
-    RepositoryUtil.assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(USER_READ, HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, HttpStatus.SC_OK, USER_PASS, repositoryType);
+  public void userWithReadPermissionShouldNotBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
+    assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, HttpStatus.SC_OK, USER_READ, repositoryType);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void userWithWWritePermissionShouldNotBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
-    RepositoryUtil.assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(USER_WRITE, HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, HttpStatus.SC_OK, USER_PASS, repositoryType);
+  public void userWithWritePermissionShouldNotBeAuthorizedToDeleteRepository(){
+    assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, HttpStatus.SC_OK, USER_WRITE, repositoryType);
   }
 
+  private void assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(int expectedDeleteStatus, int expectedGetStatus, String user, String repositoryType) {
+    given(VndMediaType.REPOSITORY, user, PermissionsITCase.USER_PASS)
+
+      .when()
+      .delete(TestData.getDefaultRepositoryUrl(repositoryType))
+
+      .then()
+      .statusCode(expectedDeleteStatus);
+
+    given(VndMediaType.REPOSITORY, user, PermissionsITCase.USER_PASS)
+
+      .when()
+      .get(TestData.getDefaultRepositoryUrl(repositoryType))
+
+      .then()
+      .statusCode(expectedGetStatus);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoriesITCase.java b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoriesITCase.java
index e609b0075e..21d4d97b1b 100644
--- a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoriesITCase.java
+++ b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoriesITCase.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ package sonia.scm.it;
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static sonia.scm.it.RegExMatcher.matchesPattern;
 import static sonia.scm.it.RestUtil.createResourceUrl;
 import static sonia.scm.it.RestUtil.given;
@@ -136,13 +136,16 @@ public class RepositoriesITCase {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldCloneRepository() throws IOException {
-    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType,temporaryFolder.getRoot());
+    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.getRoot());
     assertEquals("expected metadata dir", 1, Objects.requireNonNull(client.getWorkingCopy().list()).length);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void shouldCommitFiles() throws IOException {
-    assertTrue(RepositoryUtil.canScmAdminCommit(repositoryType,temporaryFolder));
+    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.newFolder(), "scmadmin", "scmadmin");
+    String name = RepositoryUtil.addAndCommitRandomFile(client, "scmadmin");
+    RepositoryClient checkClient = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.newFolder(), "scmadmin", "scmadmin");
+    Assertions.assertThat(checkClient.getWorkingCopy().list()).contains(name);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryAccessITCase.java b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryAccessITCase.java
index ff8a3092a7..7b5f1ae2e8 100644
--- a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryAccessITCase.java
+++ b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryAccessITCase.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class RepositoryAccessITCase {
   public void shouldFindBranches() throws IOException {
     assumeFalse("There are no branches for SVN", repositoryType.equals("svn"));
 
-    RepositoryClient repositoryClient = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType,  folder );
-    RepositoryUtil.createAndCommitFile(folder, repositoryClient, "scmadmin", "a.txt", "a");
+    RepositoryClient repositoryClient = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, folder);
+    RepositoryUtil.createAndCommitFile(repositoryClient, "scmadmin", "a.txt", "a");
 
     String branchesUrl = given()
       .when()
diff --git a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryUtil.java b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryUtil.java
index 0c59bdc5ad..6706fba21d 100644
--- a/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryUtil.java
+++ b/scm-it/src/test/java/sonia/scm/it/RepositoryUtil.java
@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@ package sonia.scm.it;
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Changeset;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Person;
 import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.ClientCommand;
 import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClient;
-import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClientException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.client.api.RepositoryClientFactory;
 import sonia.scm.web.VndMediaType;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -23,35 +20,6 @@ public class RepositoryUtil {
 
   private static final RepositoryClientFactory REPOSITORY_CLIENT_FACTORY = new RepositoryClientFactory();
 
-  static void addRandomFileToRepository(RepositoryClient client) throws IOException {
-    String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    String name = "file-" + uuid + ".uuid";
-
-    File file = new File(client.getWorkingCopy(), name);
-    try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
-      out.write(uuid.getBytes());
-    }
-    client.getAddCommand().add(name);
-  }
-
-  static boolean canScmAdminCommit(String repositoryType, TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder) throws IOException {
-    return canUserCommit("scmadmin", "scmadmin", repositoryType, temporaryFolder);
-  }
-
-  static boolean canUserCommit(String username, String password, String repositoryType, TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder) throws IOException {
-    RepositoryClient client = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.newFolder(), username, password);
-    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-      addRandomFileToRepository(client);
-    }
-    try{
-      commit(client, username, "commit");
-    }catch (RepositoryClientException e){
-      return false;
-    }
-    RepositoryClient checkClient = RepositoryUtil.createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, temporaryFolder.newFolder(), username, password);
-    return checkClient.getWorkingCopy().list().length == 6;
-  }
-
   static RepositoryClient createRepositoryClient(String repositoryType, File folder) throws IOException {
     return createRepositoryClient(repositoryType, folder, "scmadmin", "scmadmin");
   }
@@ -69,25 +37,16 @@ public class RepositoryUtil {
 
     return REPOSITORY_CLIENT_FACTORY.create(repositoryType, httpProtocolUrl, username, password, folder);
   }
-  static void assertDeleteRepositoryOperation(String user, int deleteStatus, int getStatus, String password, String repositoryType) {
-    given(VndMediaType.REPOSITORY, user, password)
 
-      .when()
-      .delete(TestData.getDefaultRepositoryUrl(repositoryType))
-
-      .then()
-      .statusCode(deleteStatus);
-
-    given(VndMediaType.REPOSITORY, user, password)
-
-      .when()
-      .get(TestData.getDefaultRepositoryUrl(repositoryType))
-
-      .then()
-      .statusCode(getStatus);
+  static String addAndCommitRandomFile(RepositoryClient client, String username) throws IOException {
+    String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String name = "file-" + uuid + ".uuid";
+    createAndCommitFile(client, username, name, uuid);
+    return name;
   }
-  static void createAndCommitFile(File folder, RepositoryClient repositoryClient, String username, String fileName, String content) throws IOException {
-    Files.write(content, new File(folder, fileName), Charsets.UTF_8);
+
+  static void createAndCommitFile(RepositoryClient repositoryClient, String username, String fileName, String content) throws IOException {
+    Files.write(content, new File(repositoryClient.getWorkingCopy(), fileName), Charsets.UTF_8);
     repositoryClient.getAddCommand().add(fileName);
     commit(repositoryClient, username, "added " + fileName);
   }