diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index 0dda1dbee6..dbd13e3d0f 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ def setup(verbosity, test_labels, parallel):
     # tests.
     log_config['loggers']['django']['level'] = 'ERROR'
     settings.LOGGING = log_config
+    settings.SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS = [
+        'fields.W342',  # ForeignKey(unique=True) -> OneToOneField
+        'fields.W901',  # CommaSeparatedIntegerField deprecated
+    ]
 
     warnings.filterwarnings(
         'ignore',
diff --git a/tests/test_runner/tests.py b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
index 80ab0f38a5..d6e9af71a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ class Ticket17477RegressionTests(AdminScriptTestCase):
 
 class Sqlite3InMemoryTestDbs(TestCase):
 
-    available_apps = []
-
     @unittest.skipUnless(all(db.connections[conn].vendor == 'sqlite' for conn in db.connections),
                          "This is an sqlite-specific issue")
     def test_transaction_support(self):