diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
index 12b216950..4b2eadf41 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -394,10 +394,11 @@ protected FileRepository createWorkRepository() throws IOException {
 	 * @return the newly created repository, opened for access
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the repository could not be created in the temporary area
+	 * @since 5.3
 	 */
-	private FileRepository createRepository(boolean bare)
+	protected FileRepository createRepository(boolean bare)
 			throws IOException {
-		return createRepository(bare, true /* auto close */);
+		return createRepository(bare, false /* auto close */);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -407,11 +408,13 @@ private FileRepository createRepository(boolean bare)
 	 *            true to create a bare repository; false to make a repository
 	 *            within its working directory
 	 * @param autoClose
-	 *            auto close the repository in #tearDown
+	 *            auto close the repository in {@link #tearDown()}
 	 * @return the newly created repository, opened for access
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the repository could not be created in the temporary area
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #createRepository(boolean)} instead
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public FileRepository createRepository(boolean bare, boolean autoClose)
 			throws IOException {
 		File gitdir = createUniqueTestGitDir(bare);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCacheTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCacheTest.java
index 58b005c28..15c4e4a02 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCacheTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCacheTest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public void testFileKeyOpenExisting() throws IOException {
 	@Test
 	public void testFileKeyOpenNew() throws IOException {
 		File gitdir;
-		try (Repository n = createRepository(true, false)) {
+		try (Repository n = createRepository(true)) {
 			gitdir = n.getDirectory();
 		}
 		recursiveDelete(gitdir);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public void testRepositoryUsageCount() throws Exception {
 	@Test
 	public void testRepositoryUsageCountWithRegisteredRepository()
 			throws IOException {
-		@SuppressWarnings("resource") // We are testing the close() method
+		@SuppressWarnings({"resource", "deprecation"}) // We are testing the close() method
 		Repository repo = createRepository(false, false);
 		assertEquals(1, repo.useCnt.get());
 		RepositoryCache.register(repo);
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ public void testRepositoryUnregisteringWhenExpiredAndUsageCountNegative()
 
 	@Test
 	public void testRepositoryUnregisteringWhenExpired() throws Exception {
-		@SuppressWarnings("resource") // We are testing the close() method
+		@SuppressWarnings({"resource", "deprecation"}) // We are testing the close() method
 		Repository repoA = createRepository(true, false);
-		@SuppressWarnings("resource") // We are testing the close() method
+		@SuppressWarnings({"resource", "deprecation"}) // We are testing the close() method
 		Repository repoB = createRepository(true, false);
 		Repository repoC = createBareRepository();
 		RepositoryCache.register(repoA);
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public void testRepositoryUnregisteringWhenExpired() throws Exception {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testReconfigure() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
-		@SuppressWarnings("resource") // We are testing the close() method
+		@SuppressWarnings({"resource", "deprecation"}) // We are testing the close() method
 		Repository repo = createRepository(false, false);
 		RepositoryCache.register(repo);
 		assertTrue(RepositoryCache.isCached(repo));