diff --git a/tests/ajcTests.xml b/tests/ajcTests.xml
index 3b8be66e6..fbd8c3df9 100644
--- a/tests/ajcTests.xml
+++ b/tests/ajcTests.xml
@@ -5394,4 +5394,41 @@
         </compile>
     </ajc-test>
     
+	<!-- The follwing three idioms are allowed.  Within a declare parents,
+	     implements and extends can be used interchangably.  We could
+	     provide -Xlint style warnings for misuse.
+	-->
+
+    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
+      title="declare class extends interface">
+        <compile files="DeclareClassExtendsInterface.java">
+        </compile>
+    </ajc-test>
+
+    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
+      title="declare class implements class">
+        <compile files="DeclareClassImplementsClass.java">
+        </compile>
+    </ajc-test>
+
+    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
+      title="declare interface implements interface">
+        <compile files="DeclareInterfaceImplementsInterface.java">
+        </compile>
+    </ajc-test>
+    
+    <ajc-test dir="new"
+      title="if and cflow arg binding">
+        <compile files="CflowBinding.java">
+          <message kind="error" line="13"/>
+        </compile>
+    </ajc-test>
+
+    <ajc-test dir="bugs" pr="902"
+      title="circularity in declare dominates">
+        <compile files="CircularDominates.java">
+		  <message kind="error" line="18"/>
+        </compile>
+    </ajc-test>
+    
 </suite>
diff --git a/tests/ajcTestsFailing.xml b/tests/ajcTestsFailing.xml
index fa86d7665..6133db99d 100644
--- a/tests/ajcTestsFailing.xml
+++ b/tests/ajcTestsFailing.xml
@@ -43,27 +43,6 @@
         <run class="aspect.Aspect"/>
     </ajc-test>
 
-    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
-      title="declare class extends interface">
-        <compile files="DeclareClassExtendsInterface.java">
-           <message kind="error" line="10"/>
-        </compile>
-    </ajc-test>
-
-    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
-      title="declare class implements class">
-        <compile files="DeclareClassImplementsClass.java">
-           <message kind="error" line="10"/>
-        </compile>
-    </ajc-test>
-
-    <ajc-test dir="new" pr="853"
-      title="declare interface implements interface">
-        <compile files="DeclareInterfaceImplementsInterface.java">
-           <message kind="error" line="10"/>
-        </compile>
-    </ajc-test>
-
     <ajc-test dir="new/PR862" pr="862"
       title="import any inner from interface implementor"
       keywords="purejava">
@@ -73,19 +52,6 @@
         <run class="pack.ImportInnerFromInterfaceImplementor"/>
     </ajc-test>
 
-    <ajc-test dir="new"
-      title="if and cflow arg binding">
-        <compile files="CflowBinding.java">
-          <message kind="error" line="13"/>
-        </compile>
-    </ajc-test>
-
-    <ajc-test dir="bugs" pr="902"
-      title="circularity in declare dominates">
-        <compile files="CircularDominates.java">
-		  <message kind="error" line="18"/>
-        </compile>
-    </ajc-test>
 
     <ajc-test dir="bugs" pr="906"
       title="privileged access to code outside the control of the compiler">