diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 219120a4..16c043cb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ allprojects {
         lombok libs.lombok // prevent plugin from downgrading the version to something incompatible with '19
     }
 
+    test {
+        maxHeapSize = "8G"
+        useJUnitPlatform()
+    }
+
+    tasks.register('fastTests', Test) {
+        maxHeapSize = "8G"
+        useJUnitPlatform {
+            excludeTags "slow"
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 tasks.register('dist', Copy) {
diff --git a/code/api/assistant-api/build.gradle b/code/api/assistant-api/build.gradle
index 30f6c338..02bc8780 100644
--- a/code/api/assistant-api/build.gradle
+++ b/code/api/assistant-api/build.gradle
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/api/index-api/build.gradle b/code/api/index-api/build.gradle
index bd3e9fa3..001d16c0 100644
--- a/code/api/index-api/build.gradle
+++ b/code/api/index-api/build.gradle
@@ -33,13 +33,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/api/process-mqapi/build.gradle b/code/api/process-mqapi/build.gradle
index 893516fe..eace2289 100644
--- a/code/api/process-mqapi/build.gradle
+++ b/code/api/process-mqapi/build.gradle
@@ -18,13 +18,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/api/search-api/build.gradle b/code/api/search-api/build.gradle
index 2f46f5c4..8b0eed50 100644
--- a/code/api/search-api/build.gradle
+++ b/code/api/search-api/build.gradle
@@ -31,13 +31,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/common/config/build.gradle b/code/common/config/build.gradle
index 353c1bd5..60b2eb7e 100644
--- a/code/common/config/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/config/build.gradle
@@ -15,17 +15,3 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':code:common:service-discovery')
     implementation project(':code:common:service-client')
 }
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/common/db/build.gradle b/code/common/db/build.gradle
index d8fe747a..5e213116 100644
--- a/code/common/db/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/db/build.gradle
@@ -52,17 +52,3 @@ flyway {
     locations = ['filesystem:src/main/resources/db/migration']
 }
 
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/common/linkdb/build.gradle b/code/common/linkdb/build.gradle
index 441a024e..1f223144 100644
--- a/code/common/linkdb/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/linkdb/build.gradle
@@ -38,17 +38,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.17.4'
 }
 
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/common/model/build.gradle b/code/common/model/build.gradle
index 4b7dfd24..b737f02d 100644
--- a/code/common/model/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/model/build.gradle
@@ -36,17 +36,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
 
diff --git a/code/common/process/build.gradle b/code/common/process/build.gradle
index 2e1288e4..fb68b32f 100644
--- a/code/common/process/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/process/build.gradle
@@ -27,17 +27,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/common/renderer/build.gradle b/code/common/renderer/build.gradle
index 0991e385..0ad40c02 100644
--- a/code/common/renderer/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/renderer/build.gradle
@@ -20,14 +20,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/code/common/service-client/build.gradle b/code/common/service-client/build.gradle
index 400d2779..d34f362f 100644
--- a/code/common/service-client/build.gradle
+++ b/code/common/service-client/build.gradle
@@ -34,17 +34,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/features-convert/adblock/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/adblock/build.gradle
index 141c7bbc..90e3e205 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/adblock/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/adblock/build.gradle
@@ -26,13 +26,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-convert/keyword-extraction/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/keyword-extraction/build.gradle
index cb9eac40..9afcc61c 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/keyword-extraction/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/keyword-extraction/build.gradle
@@ -35,14 +35,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
     testImplementation project(':code:processes:converting-process')
 }
-
-test {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-convert/pubdate/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/pubdate/build.gradle
index 8fe1e69a..0a08ea74 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/pubdate/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/pubdate/build.gradle
@@ -27,14 +27,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
     testImplementation project(':code:common:config')
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-convert/stackexchange-xml/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/stackexchange-xml/build.gradle
index 8c774f90..daa26cff 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/stackexchange-xml/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/stackexchange-xml/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'org.tukaani:xz:1.8'
     implementation project(':code:libraries:blocking-thread-pool')
+    implementation project(':code:common:model')
     implementation libs.notnull
 
     implementation libs.jsoup
diff --git a/code/features-convert/summary-extraction/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/summary-extraction/build.gradle
index 922910e5..7ff4f23c 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/summary-extraction/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/summary-extraction/build.gradle
@@ -35,13 +35,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':code:common:model')
 }
 
-test {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-convert/topic-detection/build.gradle b/code/features-convert/topic-detection/build.gradle
index ee84437f..5836dc2b 100644
--- a/code/features-convert/topic-detection/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-convert/topic-detection/build.gradle
@@ -27,14 +27,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-crawl/crawl-blocklist/build.gradle b/code/features-crawl/crawl-blocklist/build.gradle
index 6e567246..c131e97b 100644
--- a/code/features-crawl/crawl-blocklist/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-crawl/crawl-blocklist/build.gradle
@@ -35,12 +35,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-crawl/link-parser/build.gradle b/code/features-crawl/link-parser/build.gradle
index b64fb0ae..dc551943 100644
--- a/code/features-crawl/link-parser/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-crawl/link-parser/build.gradle
@@ -31,13 +31,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-index/domain-ranking/build.gradle b/code/features-index/domain-ranking/build.gradle
index d3a4ae80..bfd613e9 100644
--- a/code/features-index/domain-ranking/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-index/domain-ranking/build.gradle
@@ -30,14 +30,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-index/index-forward/build.gradle b/code/features-index/index-forward/build.gradle
index 70d8d11f..6c09f048 100644
--- a/code/features-index/index-forward/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-index/index-forward/build.gradle
@@ -32,13 +32,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-index/index-journal/build.gradle b/code/features-index/index-journal/build.gradle
index 7429dc18..f9197954 100644
--- a/code/features-index/index-journal/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-index/index-journal/build.gradle
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-index/index-query/build.gradle b/code/features-index/index-query/build.gradle
index 5aef9940..71b925e8 100644
--- a/code/features-index/index-query/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-index/index-query/build.gradle
@@ -23,12 +23,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-index/index-reverse/build.gradle b/code/features-index/index-reverse/build.gradle
index 55357956..afa0136f 100644
--- a/code/features-index/index-reverse/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-index/index-reverse/build.gradle
@@ -31,12 +31,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-search/query-parser/build.gradle b/code/features-search/query-parser/build.gradle
index c551c411..8fd14810 100644
--- a/code/features-search/query-parser/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-search/query-parser/build.gradle
@@ -32,15 +32,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/code/features-search/random-websites/build.gradle b/code/features-search/random-websites/build.gradle
index 0f8593c1..b95e7aa1 100644
--- a/code/features-search/random-websites/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-search/random-websites/build.gradle
@@ -33,17 +33,3 @@ configurations {
     e2eTestImplementation.extendsFrom(testImplementation)
 
 }
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-search/result-ranking/build.gradle b/code/features-search/result-ranking/build.gradle
index 1d23fa50..a8cb48a4 100644
--- a/code/features-search/result-ranking/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-search/result-ranking/build.gradle
@@ -28,13 +28,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':code:libraries:braille-block-punch-cards')
 }
 
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/features-search/screenshots/build.gradle b/code/features-search/screenshots/build.gradle
index 3821fb9c..ac2779f6 100644
--- a/code/features-search/screenshots/build.gradle
+++ b/code/features-search/screenshots/build.gradle
@@ -27,15 +27,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 
-}
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/libraries/language-processing/build.gradle b/code/libraries/language-processing/build.gradle
index 7b635de0..266bcfb4 100644
--- a/code/libraries/language-processing/build.gradle
+++ b/code/libraries/language-processing/build.gradle
@@ -33,14 +33,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/libraries/message-queue/build.gradle b/code/libraries/message-queue/build.gradle
index 3cdb5e1d..22be6c96 100644
--- a/code/libraries/message-queue/build.gradle
+++ b/code/libraries/message-queue/build.gradle
@@ -30,13 +30,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:mariadb:1.17.4'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.17.4'
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/libraries/term-frequency-dict/build.gradle b/code/libraries/term-frequency-dict/build.gradle
index 3fb03f68..d7cd4029 100644
--- a/code/libraries/term-frequency-dict/build.gradle
+++ b/code/libraries/term-frequency-dict/build.gradle
@@ -35,14 +35,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/process-models/crawl-spec/build.gradle b/code/process-models/crawl-spec/build.gradle
index fb0d2c34..148aebc1 100644
--- a/code/process-models/crawl-spec/build.gradle
+++ b/code/process-models/crawl-spec/build.gradle
@@ -27,12 +27,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/process-models/crawling-model/build.gradle b/code/process-models/crawling-model/build.gradle
index c30a3a4d..ebbea855 100644
--- a/code/process-models/crawling-model/build.gradle
+++ b/code/process-models/crawling-model/build.gradle
@@ -34,13 +34,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/process-models/processed-data/build.gradle b/code/process-models/processed-data/build.gradle
index e91fde47..d77ebab5 100644
--- a/code/process-models/processed-data/build.gradle
+++ b/code/process-models/processed-data/build.gradle
@@ -24,12 +24,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/process-models/work-log/build.gradle b/code/process-models/work-log/build.gradle
index 6d3253ef..25fbf22e 100644
--- a/code/process-models/work-log/build.gradle
+++ b/code/process-models/work-log/build.gradle
@@ -20,12 +20,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/processes/converting-process/build.gradle b/code/processes/converting-process/build.gradle
index 54a3624b..acbddf7e 100644
--- a/code/processes/converting-process/build.gradle
+++ b/code/processes/converting-process/build.gradle
@@ -96,14 +96,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':code:processes:test-data')
     testImplementation project(':code:processes:crawling-process')
 }
-
-test {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/processes/crawling-process/build.gradle b/code/processes/crawling-process/build.gradle
index 3a3d80e0..8f8dd951 100644
--- a/code/processes/crawling-process/build.gradle
+++ b/code/processes/crawling-process/build.gradle
@@ -62,12 +62,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':code:processes:test-data')
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/processes/index-constructor-process/build.gradle b/code/processes/index-constructor-process/build.gradle
index bc09b483..5d8268e5 100644
--- a/code/processes/index-constructor-process/build.gradle
+++ b/code/processes/index-constructor-process/build.gradle
@@ -43,12 +43,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':code:processes:test-data')
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/processes/loading-process/build.gradle b/code/processes/loading-process/build.gradle
index b64ea999..7cf7e9ab 100644
--- a/code/processes/loading-process/build.gradle
+++ b/code/processes/loading-process/build.gradle
@@ -58,12 +58,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.17.4'
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/services-core/assistant-service/build.gradle b/code/services-core/assistant-service/build.gradle
index c12bf07f..89f90eee 100644
--- a/code/services-core/assistant-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-core/assistant-service/build.gradle
@@ -54,14 +54,3 @@ dependencies {
 
 
 }
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/build.gradle b/code/services-core/control-service/build.gradle
index f655ccbe..f5535f7e 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/build.gradle
@@ -60,13 +60,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.17.4'
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
 
diff --git a/code/services-core/index-service/build.gradle b/code/services-core/index-service/build.gradle
index 3f2152c3..94e4210b 100644
--- a/code/services-core/index-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-core/index-service/build.gradle
@@ -64,12 +64,3 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/services-core/search-service/build.gradle b/code/services-core/search-service/build.gradle
index 23a9bfa8..5975344f 100644
--- a/code/services-core/search-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-core/search-service/build.gradle
@@ -64,15 +64,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 
 }
-test {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
 
diff --git a/code/services-satellite/api-service/build.gradle b/code/services-satellite/api-service/build.gradle
index 6b465de1..4b3b3b12 100644
--- a/code/services-satellite/api-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-satellite/api-service/build.gradle
@@ -51,13 +51,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.17.4'
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/code/services-satellite/dating-service/build.gradle b/code/services-satellite/dating-service/build.gradle
index 718a4067..6ad45833 100644
--- a/code/services-satellite/dating-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-satellite/dating-service/build.gradle
@@ -51,14 +51,3 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
-
-
diff --git a/code/services-satellite/explorer-service/build.gradle b/code/services-satellite/explorer-service/build.gradle
index 3ed06dff..807ca8a1 100644
--- a/code/services-satellite/explorer-service/build.gradle
+++ b/code/services-satellite/explorer-service/build.gradle
@@ -46,13 +46,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/code/tools/experiment-runner/build.gradle b/code/tools/experiment-runner/build.gradle
index 4dae2d5a..800ee336 100644
--- a/code/tools/experiment-runner/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/experiment-runner/build.gradle
@@ -53,13 +53,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/tools/load-test/build.gradle b/code/tools/load-test/build.gradle
index 2adb1144..e8b363c8 100644
--- a/code/tools/load-test/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/load-test/build.gradle
@@ -19,13 +19,3 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.notnull
 }
 
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/tools/screenshot-capture-tool/build.gradle b/code/tools/screenshot-capture-tool/build.gradle
index 93dd196d..ee231abb 100644
--- a/code/tools/screenshot-capture-tool/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/screenshot-capture-tool/build.gradle
@@ -37,12 +37,3 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/tools/stackexchange-converter/build.gradle b/code/tools/stackexchange-converter/build.gradle
index f5b1c111..e41faf17 100644
--- a/code/tools/stackexchange-converter/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/stackexchange-converter/build.gradle
@@ -38,13 +38,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.mockito
 }
 
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/code/tools/term-frequency-extractor/build.gradle b/code/tools/term-frequency-extractor/build.gradle
index 18055fa4..e4e1fcce 100644
--- a/code/tools/term-frequency-extractor/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/term-frequency-extractor/build.gradle
@@ -46,15 +46,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.bundles.slf4j.test
     testImplementation libs.bundles.junit
     testImplementation libs.mockito
-}
-
-
-test {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/code/tools/website-adjacencies-calculator/build.gradle b/code/tools/website-adjacencies-calculator/build.gradle
index 503001d2..bbee4c21 100644
--- a/code/tools/website-adjacencies-calculator/build.gradle
+++ b/code/tools/website-adjacencies-calculator/build.gradle
@@ -38,18 +38,4 @@ dependencies {
 configurations {
     e2eTestImplementation.extendsFrom(testImplementation)
 
-}
-
-test {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform()
-}
-
-task fastTests(type: Test) {
-    maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
-    maxHeapSize = "8G"
-    useJUnitPlatform {
-        excludeTags "slow"
-    }
-}
+}
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