diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_grouping.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_grouping.py
index 8b3f9927c0f2b..0f07c4ffa8225 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_grouping.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_grouping.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_grouping import GroupingTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class GroupingParityTests(GroupingTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class GroupingParityTests(
+    GroupingTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_missing.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_missing.py
index f6776d9bac608..d7641ac3ab73b 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_missing.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_missing.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_missing import MissingTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class MissingParityTests(MissingTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class MissingParityTests(
+    MissingTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_nlargest_nsmallest.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_nlargest_nsmallest.py
index 71c388a1d2981..db8e4f94e118b 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_nlargest_nsmallest.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_nlargest_nsmallest.py
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_nlargest_nsmallest import NlargestNsmallestTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
 class NlargestNsmallestParityTests(
-    NlargestNsmallestTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase
+    NlargestNsmallestTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
 ):
     pass
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_raises.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_raises.py
index db122a81ebdd1..1694024cf6182 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_raises.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_raises.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_raises import RaisesTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class RaisesParityTests(RaisesTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class RaisesParityTests(
+    RaisesTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_rank.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_rank.py
index 2ad5cf07cfcaa..98c6e3fe5c458 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_rank.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_rank.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_rank import RankTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class RankParityTests(RankTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class RankParityTests(
+    RankTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_size.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_size.py
index 2904f0cded276..603bd9408e1f9 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_size.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_size.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_size import SizeTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class SizeParityTests(SizeTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class SizeParityTests(
+    SizeTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_value_counts.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_value_counts.py
index a9c84822006df..7aef16ccea57c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_value_counts.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/connect/groupby/test_parity_value_counts.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 from pyspark.pandas.tests.groupby.test_value_counts import ValueCountsTestsMixin
 from pyspark.testing.connectutils import ReusedConnectTestCase
-from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase
+from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestUtils
 
 
-class ValueCountsParityTests(ValueCountsTestsMixin, PandasOnSparkTestCase, ReusedConnectTestCase):
+class ValueCountsParityTests(
+    ValueCountsTestsMixin,
+    PandasOnSparkTestUtils,
+    ReusedConnectTestCase,
+):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/testing/connectutils.py b/python/pyspark/testing/connectutils.py
index cba5ad5765836..f529c7e5d0cef 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/testing/connectutils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/testing/connectutils.py
@@ -192,3 +192,8 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         shutil.rmtree(cls.tempdir.name, ignore_errors=True)
         cls.spark.stop()
+
+    def test_assert_remote_mode(self):
+        from pyspark.sql import is_remote
+
+        self.assertTrue(is_remote())
diff --git a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
index 5d284ffc7956b..5da6f47174382 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.sc.stop()
 
+    def test_assert_vanilla_mode(self):
+        from pyspark.sql import is_remote
+
+        self.assertFalse(is_remote())
+
 
 class ByteArrayOutput:
     def __init__(self):