diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/rememberme/JdbcTokenRepositoryImplTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/rememberme/JdbcTokenRepositoryImplTests.java
index d49e668b02..6da2a02ef5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/rememberme/JdbcTokenRepositoryImplTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/rememberme/JdbcTokenRepositoryImplTests.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource;
 
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ public class JdbcTokenRepositoryImplTests {
         dataSource = new DriverManagerDataSource("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver", "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:tokenrepotest", "sa", "");
     }
 
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void clearDataSource() {
+        dataSource = null;
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void populateDatabase() {
         repo = new JdbcTokenRepositoryImpl();