diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
index dc2fde4d1d..f39d7eecff 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
@@ -381,4 +381,9 @@ function _cleanup_query_vars() {
 		if ( ! empty( $t->query_var ) )
 			$GLOBALS['wp']->add_query_var( $t->query_var );
 	}
+}
+
+function _clean_term_filters() {
+	remove_filter( 'get_terms',     array( 'Featured_Content', 'hide_featured_term'     ), 10, 2 );
+	remove_filter( 'get_the_terms', array( 'Featured_Content', 'hide_the_featured_term' ), 10, 3 );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
index a2eb148b30..2a990d62be 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class Tests_Term extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		
+		_clean_term_filters();
 		// insert one term into every post taxonomy
 		// otherwise term_ids and term_taxonomy_ids might be identical, which could mask bugs
 		$term = rand_str();
@@ -441,12 +443,14 @@ class Tests_Term extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$term = wp_insert_term( 'one', $this->taxonomy );
 		wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, $term, $this->taxonomy );
 
-		$term = array_shift( wp_get_object_terms( $post_id, $this->taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'all_with_object_id' ) ) );
+		$terms = wp_get_object_terms( $post_id, $this->taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'all_with_object_id' ) );
+		$term = array_shift( $terms );
 		$int_fields = array( 'parent', 'term_id', 'count', 'term_group', 'term_taxonomy_id', 'object_id' );
 		foreach ( $int_fields as $field )
 			$this->assertInternalType( 'int', $term->$field, $field );
 
-		$term = array_shift( wp_get_object_terms( $post_id, $this->taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'ids' ) ) );
+		$terms = wp_get_object_terms( $post_id, $this->taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'ids' ) );
+		$term = array_shift( $terms );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'int', $term, 'term' );
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
index 7709e8d17e..0db732bf0a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 class Tests_Term_getTerms extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
-
+		
+		_clean_term_filters();
 		wp_cache_delete( 'last_changed', 'terms' );
 	}
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ class Tests_Term_getTerms extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		// last_changed and num_queries should bump
 		$terms = get_terms( 'post_tag' );
 		$this->assertEquals( 15, count( $terms ) );
-		$this->assertNotEmpty( $time1 = wp_cache_get( 'last_changed', 'terms' ) );
+		$time1 = wp_cache_get( 'last_changed', 'terms' );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $time1 );
 		$this->assertEquals( $num_queries + 1, $wpdb->num_queries );
 
 		$num_queries = $wpdb->num_queries;