diff --git a/library/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PythonPickle.php b/library/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PythonPickle.php
index 468c02db56..aae13729f6 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PythonPickle.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PythonPickle.php
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ class Zend_Serializer_Adapter_PythonPickle extends Zend_Serializer_Adapter_Adapt
     const OP_BINBYTES        = 'B';     // push bytes; counted binary string argument
     const OP_SHORT_BINBYTES  = 'C';     //  "     "   ;    "      "       "      " < 256 bytes
 
-    /**
-     * @var bool Whether or not this is a PHP 6 binary
-     */
-    protected static $_isPhp6 = null;
-
     /**
      * @var bool Whether or not the system is little-endian
      */
@@ -155,9 +150,6 @@ public function __construct($opts=array())
         if (self::$_isLittleEndian === null) {
             self::$_isLittleEndian = (pack('l', 1) === "\x01\x00\x00\x00");
         }
-        if (self::$_isPhp6 === null) {
-            self::$_isPhp6 = !version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '6.0.0', '<');
-        }
 
         $this->_marker = new stdClass();
     }
@@ -1103,10 +1095,6 @@ protected function _loadUnicode()
         $pattern = '/\\\\u([a-fA-F0-9]{4})/u'; // \uXXXX
         $data    = preg_replace_callback($pattern, array($this, '_convertMatchingUnicodeSequence2Utf8'), $data);
 
-        if (self::$_isPhp6) {
-            $data = unicode_decode($data, 'UTF-8');
-        }
-
         $this->_stack[] = $data;
     }
 
@@ -1172,10 +1160,6 @@ protected function _loadBinUnicode()
         list(, $n) = unpack('l', $n);
         $data      = $this->_read($n);
 
-        if (self::$_isPhp6) {
-            $data = unicode_decode($data, 'UTF-8');
-        }
-
         $this->_stack[] = $data;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Zend/DateTest.php b/tests/Zend/DateTest.php
index 2b2e057eeb..03b9dd19a2 100644
--- a/tests/Zend/DateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zend/DateTest.php
@@ -5522,7 +5522,7 @@ public function testUsePhpNFormat()
         Zend_Date::setOptions(array('format_type' => 'php'));
 
         date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
-        $date = new Zend_Date(mktime(20,10,0,09,20,2009));
+        $date = new Zend_Date(mktime(20,10,0,9,20,2009));
         $this->assertSame(gmdate('w',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString(      'w'));
         $this->assertSame(gmdate('d',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString(      'd'));
         $this->assertSame(gmdate('D',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString('D', 'en'));
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@ public function testUsePhpNFormat()
         $this->assertSame(gmdate('U',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString(      'U'));
 
         date_default_timezone_set('Indian/Maldives');
-        $date = new Zend_Date(mktime(20,10,0,09,20,2009));
+        $date = new Zend_Date(mktime(20,10,0,9,20,2009));
         $this->assertSame(date('w',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString(      'w'));
         $this->assertSame(date('d',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString(      'd'));
         $this->assertSame(date('D',$date->getTimestamp()), $date->toString('D', 'en'));
diff --git a/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/AbstractTest.php b/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/AbstractTest.php
index bbb6d01fe0..45b0e517c0 100644
--- a/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/AbstractTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/AbstractTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
  */
 class Zend_Log_Writer_AbstractTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Zend_Log_Writer_Abstract
+     */
     protected $_writer;
 
     public static function main()
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ protected function setUp()
      */
     public function testSetFormatter()
     {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Invalid typehinting is PHP Fatal error in PHP7+');
+        }
+
         require_once 'Zend/Log/Formatter/Simple.php';
         $this->_writer->setFormatter(new Zend_Log_Formatter_Simple());
         $this->setExpectedException('PHPUnit_Framework_Error');
diff --git a/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/DbTest.php b/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/DbTest.php
index e22783d4eb..548d2005c9 100644
--- a/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/DbTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zend/Log/Writer/DbTest.php
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ public function testFactory()
      */
     public function testThrowStrictSetFormatter()
     {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Invalid typehinting is PHP Fatal error in PHP7+');
+        }
+
         try {
             $this->writer->setFormatter(new StdClass());
         } catch (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/tests/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PhpCodeTest.php b/tests/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PhpCodeTest.php
index a2ebcd4e31..aa7387880e 100644
--- a/tests/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PhpCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zend/Serializer/Adapter/PhpCodeTest.php
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ public function testUnserializeObject()
 
     public function testUnserialzeInvalid()
     {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Evaling of invalid input is PHP Parse error in PHP7+');
+        }
         $value = 'not a serialized string';
         $this->setExpectedException('Zend_Serializer_Exception');
         $this->_adapter->unserialize($value);
diff --git a/tests/Zend/Service/DeveloperGarden/OfflineSecurityTokenServerTest.php b/tests/Zend/Service/DeveloperGarden/OfflineSecurityTokenServerTest.php
index 2d153a153b..d8648d3dbf 100644
--- a/tests/Zend/Service/DeveloperGarden/OfflineSecurityTokenServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Zend/Service/DeveloperGarden/OfflineSecurityTokenServerTest.php
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ public function testGetTokenFromCache()
 
     public function testSetTokenToCache1stParamException()
     {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Invalid typehinting is PHP Fatal error in PHP7+');
+        }
+
         try {
             Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SecurityTokenServer_Cache::setTokenToCache(
                 'NotExisting',
@@ -176,6 +180,10 @@ public function testSetTokenToCache1stParamException()
 
     public function testSetTokenToCache2ndParamException()
     {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7', '>=')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Invalid typehinting is PHP Fatal error in PHP7+');
+        }
+
         try {
             Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden_SecurityTokenServer_Cache::setTokenToCache(
                 'securityToken',