diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
index b7e06263baa..78b7b57ff90 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnExec()
      */
     public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnPrepare()
     {
+        if ($this->_conn->getDriver()->getName() === 'pdo_sqlsrv') {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('pdo_sqlsrv does not allow setting PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES at connection level.');
+        }
+
         // Emulated prepared statements have to be disabled for this test
         // so that PDO actually communicates with the database server to check the query.
         $this->driverConnection->setAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/ResultCacheTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/ResultCacheTest.php
index dc99bf0f75d..1f19394a39a 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/ResultCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/ResultCacheTest.php
@@ -16,19 +16,14 @@ protected function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        try {
-            /* @var $sm \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\AbstractSchemaManager */
-            $table = new \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table("caching");
-            $table->addColumn('test_int', 'integer');
-            $table->addColumn('test_string', 'string', array('notnull' => false));
-            $table->setPrimaryKey(array('test_int'));
+        $table = new \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table("caching");
+        $table->addColumn('test_int', 'integer');
+        $table->addColumn('test_string', 'string', array('notnull' => false));
+        $table->setPrimaryKey(array('test_int'));
 
-            $sm = $this->_conn->getSchemaManager();
-            $sm->createTable($table);
-        } catch(\Exception $e) {
+        $sm = $this->_conn->getSchemaManager();
+        $sm->createTable($table);
 
-        }
-        $this->_conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM caching');
         foreach ($this->expectedResult as $row) {
             $this->_conn->insert('caching', $row);
         }
@@ -40,6 +35,13 @@ protected function setUp()
         $config->setResultCacheImpl($cache);
     }
 
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        $this->_conn->getSchemaManager()->dropTable('caching');
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
     public function testCacheFetchAssoc()
     {
         $this->assertCacheNonCacheSelectSameFetchModeAreEqual($this->expectedResult, \PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);