diff --git a/test/_common.py b/test/_common.py
index 6d3172e76..10a0066e6 100644
--- a/test/_common.py
+++ b/test/_common.py
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ from beets import importer
 from beets.ui import commands
 import beets
 
-# Suppress logging output.
-log = logging.getLogger('beets')
-log.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-
 # Test resources/sandbox path.
 RSRC = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'rsrc')
 
@@ -113,6 +109,10 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # Initialize, but don't install, a DummyIO.
         self.io = DummyIO()
 
+        # Suppress logging output.
+        log = logging.getLogger('beets')
+        log.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         if os.path.isdir(self.temp_dir):
             shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir)
diff --git a/test/test_art.py b/test/test_art.py
index 25c0a4390..dc4b7c71a 100644
--- a/test/test_art.py
+++ b/test/test_art.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MockUrlRetrieve(object):
         self.fetched = url
         return filename or self.pathval, self.headers
 
-class FetchImageTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class FetchImageTest(_common.TestCase):
     def test_invalid_type_returns_none(self):
         fetchart.urllib.urlretrieve = MockUrlRetrieve('')
         artpath = fetchart._fetch_image('http://example.com')
@@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ class CombinedTest(_common.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(self.urlopen_called)
         self.assertFalse(mock_retrieve.fetched)
 
-class AAOTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class AAOTest(_common.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        super(AAOTest, self).setUp()
         self.old_urlopen = fetchart.urllib.urlopen
         fetchart.urllib.urlopen = self._urlopen
         self.page_text = ''
     def tearDown(self):
+        super(AAOTest, self).tearDown()
         fetchart.urllib.urlopen = self.old_urlopen
 
     def _urlopen(self, url):