all plugins (even tests) should use osgi bundles. (that is, have manifest.mf files).
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.classpath b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.classpath
index dceabe8..596cf92 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.classpath
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.classpath
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="commontests/"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="frameworktests/"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="apitools/"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.4"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce1968b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#Sat Apr 07 23:54:46 EDT 2007
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.2
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.3
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87aa85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: org.eclipse.wst.common.tests
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.wst.common.tests; singleton:=true
+Bundle-Version: 1.1.0
+Bundle-ClassPath: commontests.jar
+Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.core.internal.compatibility.PluginActivator
+Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse.org
+Bundle-Localization: plugin
+Export-Package: org.eclipse.etools.common.test.apitools,
+ org.eclipse.etools.common.tests.xml,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.environment.tests,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.extras,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.artifactedit.tests,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.componentcore.tests,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.componentcore.virtualpath.tests,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel.tests,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel.tests.extended,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.tests.bvt,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.tests
+Require-Bundle: org.junit;visibility:=reexport,
+ org.eclipse.core.resources;visibility:=reexport,
+ org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks;visibility:=reexport,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.emfworkbench.integration,
+ org.eclipse.emf.common,
+ org.eclipse.emf.ecore,
+ org.eclipse.core.commands,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.collector;visibility:=reexport,
+ org.eclipse.jem.util,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.environment,
+ org.eclipse.wst.common.emf
+Eclipse-LazyStart: true
+Plugin-Class: org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.CommonTestsPlugin
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.4
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/build.properties b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/build.properties
index 8539069..641ba3f 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/build.properties
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/build.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
                plugin.xml,\
                testData/,\
                test.xml,\
-               about.html
+               about.html,\
+               META-INF/
 source.commontests.jar = commontests/,\
                          frameworktests/,\
                          apitools/
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/plugin.xml b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/plugin.xml
index b54bfb2..ad5432c 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/plugin.xml
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.wst.common.tests/plugin.xml
@@ -1,33 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?eclipse version="3.0"?>
-<plugin
-   id="org.eclipse.wst.common.tests"
-   name="org.eclipse.wst.common.tests"
-   version="1.1.0"
-   provider-name="Eclipse.org"
-   class="org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.CommonTestsPlugin">
+<plugin>
 
-   <runtime>
-      <library name="commontests.jar">
-         <export name="*"/>
-      </library>
-   </runtime>
-   <requires>
-      <import plugin="org.junit" export="true"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.resources" export="true"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks" export="true"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.emfworkbench.integration"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.common"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.emf.ecore"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.commands"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.collector" export="true"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.jem.util" />
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.environment"/>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.wst.common.emf"/>
-   </requires>
-   <extension-point id="DataModelVerifier" name="Data Model Verifier Factory Extension" schema="schema/dataModelVerifier.exsd"/>
+     <extension-point id="DataModelVerifier" name="Data Model Verifier Factory Extension" schema="schema/dataModelVerifier.exsd"/>
 
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.collector.suites">