diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver.py
index 07ab653e63f..c2c6edbc531 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver.py
@@ -215,6 +215,46 @@ class QgsServerTestBase(unittest.TestCase):
         return b"\n".join(headers) + b"\n\n", bytes(response.body())
 
 
+class TestQgsServerTestBase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_assert_xml_equal(self):
+        engine = QgsServerTestBase()
+
+        # test bad assertion
+        expected = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        response = b'<Layer>\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        expected = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        response = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer>\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        expected = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        response = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer fake="1">\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        expected = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        response = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="2">\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        expected = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name" visible="1">\n'
+        response = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name">\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        expected = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name" visible="1">\n'
+        response = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name" visible="0">\n'
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, engine.assertXMLEqual, response, expected)
+
+        # test valid assertion
+        expected = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        response = b'</WFSLayers>\n<Layer queryable="1">\n'
+        self.assertFalse(engine.assertXMLEqual(response, expected))
+
+        expected = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name" visible="1">\n'
+        response = b'<TreeName>QGIS Test Project</TreeName>\n<Layer geometryType="Point" queryable="1" displayField="name" visible="1">\n'
+        self.assertFalse(engine.assertXMLEqual(response, expected))
+
+
 class TestQgsServer(QgsServerTestBase):
 
     """Tests container"""
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
index 7acd96f14da..b4598c95f34 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
@@ -64,12 +64,16 @@ class TestQgsServerWMS(QgsServerTestBase):
 
         self.assertXMLEqual(response, expected, msg="request %s failed.\nQuery: %s\nExpected file: %s\nResponse:\n%s" % (query_string, request, reference_path, response.decode('utf-8')))
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get('TRAVIS', '') == 'true', 'Test is flaky on Travis environment')
-    def test_project_wms(self):
-        """Test some WMS request"""
-        for request in ('GetCapabilities', 'GetProjectSettings', 'GetContext'):
-            self.wms_request_compare(request)
+    def test_getcapabilities(self):
+        self.wms_request_compare('GetCapabilities')
 
+    def test_getprojectsettings(self):
+        self.wms_request_compare('GetProjectSettings')
+
+    def test_getcontext(self):
+        self.wms_request_compare('GetContext')
+
+    def test_getfeatureinfo(self):
         # Test getfeatureinfo response xml
         self.wms_request_compare('GetFeatureInfo',
                                  '&layers=testlayer%20%C3%A8%C3%A9&styles=&' +
@@ -174,11 +178,14 @@ class TestQgsServerWMS(QgsServerTestBase):
                                  'FEATURE_COUNT=10&FILTER_GEOM=POLYGON((8.2035381 44.901459,8.2035562 44.901459,8.2035562 44.901418,8.2035381 44.901418,8.2035381 44.901459))',
                                  'wms_getfeatureinfo_invalid_query_layers')
 
+    def test_describelayer(self):
         # Test DescribeLayer
         self.wms_request_compare('DescribeLayer',
                                  '&layers=testlayer%20%C3%A8%C3%A9&' +
                                  'SLD_VERSION=1.1.0',
                                  'describelayer')
+
+    def test_getstyles(self):
         # Test GetStyles
         self.wms_request_compare('GetStyles',
                                  '&layers=testlayer%20%C3%A8%C3%A9&',
@@ -1279,7 +1286,6 @@ class TestQgsServerWMS(QgsServerTestBase):
         r, h = self._result(self._execute_request(qs))
         self._img_diff_error(r, h, "WMS_GetPrint_Legend")
 
-    @unittest.skip('Randomly failing to draw the map layer')
     def test_wms_getprint_srs(self):
         qs = "?" + "&".join(["%s=%s" % i for i in list({
             "MAP": urllib.parse.quote(self.projectPath),