diff --git a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/AbstractValueTest.java b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/AbstractValueTest.java
index 8f2ba8cae..44a9f924f 100644
--- a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/AbstractValueTest.java
+++ b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/AbstractValueTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.assertj.core.api.BooleanAssert;
@@ -64,18 +63,6 @@
 @ExtendWith(AbstractMultimapTest.TestTemplateProvider.class)
 public abstract class AbstractValueTest {
 
-    protected Random getRandom(int seed) {
-        if (seed >= 0) {
-            return new Random(seed);
-        } else {
-            final Random random = new Random();
-            seed = random.nextInt();
-            System.out.println("using seed: " + seed);
-            random.setSeed(seed);
-            return random;
-        }
-    }
-
     protected <T> IterableAssert<T> assertThat(Iterable<T> actual) {
         return new IterableAssert<T>(actual) {
         };
diff --git a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/BitSetTest.java b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/BitSetTest.java
index 623c69f94..6dbf2cee2 100644
--- a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/BitSetTest.java
+++ b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/BitSetTest.java
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public void shouldSerializeDeserializeEnumBitSet() {
     @Test
     public void shouldBehaveExactlyLikeAnotherBitSet() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            final Random random = getRandom(123456789);
+            final Random random = new Random();
 
             final java.util.BitSet mutableBitSet = new java.util.BitSet();
             BitSet<Integer> functionalBitSet = BitSet.empty();
diff --git a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/PriorityQueueTest.java b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/PriorityQueueTest.java
index a68c9a081..62694e47d 100644
--- a/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/PriorityQueueTest.java
+++ b/vavr/src/test/java/io/vavr/collection/PriorityQueueTest.java
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public void shouldKeepInstanceOfPriorityQueue() {
     @Test
     public void shouldBehaveExactlyLikeAnotherPriorityQueue() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            final Random random = getRandom(987654321);
+            final Random random = new Random();
 
             final java.util.PriorityQueue<Integer> mutablePriorityQueue = new java.util.PriorityQueue<>();
             PriorityQueue<Integer> functionalPriorityQueue = PriorityQueue.empty();