diff --git a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
index 51225268b653a..5b4414bde38c8 100644
--- a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ pipeline {
         timeout (time: 48, unit: 'HOURS')
         timestamps()
         checkoutToSubdirectory('src')
+        // max 5 build/branch/day
+        rateLimitBuilds(throttle: [count: 5, durationName: 'day', userBoost: true])
+        // do not run multiple testruns on the same branch
+        disableConcurrentBuilds()
     }
 
     environment {
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
index 3bd973567c115..2a658380b212a 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
             <configuration>
               <forkCount>${testsThreadCount}</forkCount>
               <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
-              <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
               <argLine>${maven-surefire-plugin.argLine} -DminiClusterDedicatedDirs=true</argLine>
               <systemPropertyVariables>
                 <testsThreadCount>${testsThreadCount}</testsThreadCount>
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@
                   <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                   <argLine>${maven-surefire-plugin.argLine} -DminiClusterDedicatedDirs=true</argLine>
                   <forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>${fs.s3a.scale.test.timeout}</forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>
-                  <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
                   <systemPropertyVariables>
                     <!-- Tell tests that they are being executed in parallel -->
                     <test.parallel.execution>true</test.parallel.execution>
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@
                   <goal>verify</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
                   <systemPropertyVariables>
                     <!-- Propagate scale parameters -->
                     <fs.s3a.scale.test.enabled>${fs.s3a.scale.test.enabled}</fs.s3a.scale.test.enabled>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42a11795274f2..9575e353abe0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
     <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>
 
     <leveldbjni.group>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</leveldbjni.group>
+
+    <surefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests>false</surefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests>
+    <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>