diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Macro.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Macro.pm
index 46a98dd6c..217be9d47 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Macro.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Macro.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package WebGUI::Macro;
 =cut
 
 use strict;
-use warnings;
 use WebGUI::Pluggable;
 
 =head1 NAME
diff --git a/t/Group.t b/t/Group.t
index bea2716a5..bfedff3d5 100644
--- a/t/Group.t
+++ b/t/Group.t
@@ -169,10 +169,14 @@ $lGroup->delete;
 my $gid = $g->getId;
 is (length($gid), 22, "GroupId is proper length");
 
-is_deeply ($g->getGroupsIn(), [3], 'Admin group added by default to this group');
-is_deeply ($g->getGroupsFor(), [], 'Group not added to any other group');
-is_deeply ($g->getUsers(), [], 'No users added by default');
-is_deeply ($g->getAllUsers(), [3], 'No users added by default in any method');
+{
+    # our invalid db query from earlier is going to error, keep it quiet
+    local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {};
+    is_deeply ($g->getGroupsIn(), [3], 'Admin group added by default to this group');
+    is_deeply ($g->getGroupsFor(), [], 'Group not added to any other group');
+    is_deeply ($g->getUsers(), [], 'No users added by default');
+    is_deeply ($g->getAllUsers(), [3], 'No users added by default in any method');
+}
 
 my $gname = '**TestGroup**';
 is ($g->name($gname), $gname, 'Set name');
diff --git a/t/Macro/SQL.t b/t/Macro/SQL.t
index f00a232c0..a9b809487 100644
--- a/t/Macro/SQL.t
+++ b/t/Macro/SQL.t
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ SKIP: {
 skip "Unable to load $macro", $numTests-1 unless $loaded;
 
 foreach my $testSet (@testSets) {
+    # we know some of these will fail.  Keep them quiet.
+    local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {};
+
 	my $output = WebGUI::Macro::SQL::process($session, $testSet->{sql}, $testSet->{template});
 	is($output, $testSet->{output}, $testSet->{comment});
 }
diff --git a/t/SQL.t b/t/SQL.t
index 1c39e93a0..3323cf5a4 100644
--- a/t/SQL.t
+++ b/t/SQL.t
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ ok($sth->rows > 1, "rows()");
 ok($sth->finish, "finish()");
 
 # unconditionalRead
-ok(my $sth = $session->db->unconditionalRead("select * from tableThatDoesntExist"), "unconditionalRead()");
+{
+    # we know this will fail, so keep it quiet
+    local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {};
+    ok(my $sth = $session->db->unconditionalRead("select * from tableThatDoesntExist"), "unconditionalRead()");
+}
 
 # errorCode 
 is($sth->errorCode, "1146" ,"errorCode()");