diff --git a/apache-commons-io.spec b/apache-commons-io.spec
index b75f26c..b27167a 100644
--- a/apache-commons-io.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-io.spec
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ to assist with developing IO functionality.
 %setup -q -n commons-io-%{version}-src
 sed -i 's/\r//' *.txt
 
-%build
+# Run tests in multiple reusable forks to improve test performance
+sed -i -e /reuseForks/d -e /forkCount/d pom.xml
+
 %mvn_file  : commons-io %{name}
 %mvn_alias : org.apache.commons:
 
-# NOTE: tests *may* fail because commons-io is on surefire's classpath and causes
-# tests to be run against the system version and not the one we just built
+%build
 %mvn_build
 
 %install