diff --git a/tests/Functional/BlobTest.php b/tests/Functional/BlobTest.php
index a6ddb467857..63e33f019be 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/BlobTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/BlobTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Driver as OCI8Driver;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 
 use function fopen;
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ class BlobTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             // inserting BLOBs as streams on Oracle requires Oracle-specific SQL syntax which is currently not supported
             // see http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.lobs.php#example-1035
             self::markTestSkipped('DBAL doesn\'t support storing LOBs represented as streams using PDO_OCI');
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public function testInsert(): void
     public function testInsertProcessesStream(): void
     {
         // https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/3290
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof OCI8Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('The oci8 driver does not support stream resources as parameters');
         }
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ public function testUpdate(): void
     public function testUpdateProcessesStream(): void
     {
         // https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/3290
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof OCI8Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('The oci8 driver does not support stream resources as parameters');
         }
 
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ public function testUpdateProcessesStream(): void
 
     public function testBindParamProcessesStream(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof OCI8Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('The oci8 driver does not support stream resources as parameters');
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Functional/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/ConnectionTest.php
index 864d0fccc53..da129919c2e 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ConnectionException;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractSQLServerDriver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Connection as DriverConnection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Connection as PDOConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ public function testTransactionNestingBehavior(): void
                 $this->connection->insert(self::TABLE, ['id' => 1]);
                 self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown because of the unique constraint.');
             } catch (Throwable $e) {
-                $this->assertIsUniqueConstraintException($e);
+                self::assertInstanceOf(UniqueConstraintViolationException::class, $e);
                 $this->connection->rollBack();
                 self::assertSame(1, $this->connection->getTransactionNestingLevel());
             }
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ public function testTransactionNestingBehaviorWithSavepoints(): void
                 $this->connection->insert(self::TABLE, ['id' => 1]);
                 self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown because of the unique constraint.');
             } catch (Throwable $e) {
-                $this->assertIsUniqueConstraintException($e);
+                self::assertInstanceOf(UniqueConstraintViolationException::class, $e);
                 $this->connection->rollBack();
                 self::assertSame(1, $this->connection->getTransactionNestingLevel());
             }
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ public function testTransactionBehaviorWithRollback(): void
             $this->connection->insert(self::TABLE, ['id' => 1]);
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown because of the unique constraint.');
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            $this->assertIsUniqueConstraintException($e);
+            self::assertInstanceOf(UniqueConstraintViolationException::class, $e);
             self::assertSame(1, $this->connection->getTransactionNestingLevel());
             $this->connection->rollBack();
             self::assertSame(0, $this->connection->getTransactionNestingLevel());
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ public function testTransactionalWithException(): void
             });
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown because of the unique constraint.');
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            $this->assertIsUniqueConstraintException($e);
+            self::assertInstanceOf(UniqueConstraintViolationException::class, $e);
             self::assertSame(0, $this->connection->getTransactionNestingLevel());
         }
     }
@@ -393,31 +392,39 @@ public function testPersistentConnection(): void
         self::assertTrue($pdo->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT));
     }
 
-    private function createTestTable(): void
+    public function testExceptionOnExecuteStatement(): void
     {
-        $table = new Table(self::TABLE);
-        $table->addColumn('id', 'integer');
-        $table->setPrimaryKey(['id']);
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
 
-        $this->dropAndCreateTable($table);
+        $this->connection->executeStatement('foo');
+    }
 
-        $this->connection->insert(self::TABLE, ['id' => 1]);
+    public function testExceptionOnExecuteQuery(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+
+        $this->connection->executeQuery('foo');
     }
 
-    private function assertIsUniqueConstraintException(Throwable $exception): void
+    /**
+     * Some drivers do not check the query server-side even though emulated prepared statements are disabled,
+     * so an exception is thrown only eventually.
+     */
+    public function testExceptionOnPrepareAndExecute(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof IBMDB2\Driver) {
-            // The IBM DB2 driver currently doesn't instantiate specialized exceptions
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
 
-            return;
-        }
+        $this->connection->prepare('foo')->executeStatement();
+    }
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof AbstractSQLServerDriver) {
-            // The SQL Server drivers currently don't instantiate specialized exceptions
+    private function createTestTable(): void
+    {
+        $table = new Table(self::TABLE);
+        $table->addColumn('id', 'integer');
+        $table->setPrimaryKey(['id']);
 
-            return;
-        }
+        $this->dropAndCreateTable($table);
 
-        self::assertInstanceOf(UniqueConstraintViolationException::class, $exception);
+        $this->connection->insert(self::TABLE, ['id' => 1]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/ConnectionTest.php
index bd63c410cd4..656032f2a33 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\IBMDB2;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Connection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Exception\ConnectionFailed;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Exception\PrepareFailed;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 use ReflectionProperty;
 
 use function db2_close;
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ class ConnectionTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('ibm_db2')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->markTestSkipped('ibm_db2 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the ibm_db2 driver.');
     }
 
     protected function tearDown(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/DriverTest.php
index 2a21d9c6a6c..ae97171491a 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension ibm_db2
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('ibm_db2')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('ibm_db2 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the ibm_db2 driver.');
     }
 
     public function testConnectsWithoutDatabaseNameParameter(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/StatementTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/StatementTest.php
index 39592169ea6..6b00d72b7cb 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/StatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/IBMDB2/StatementTest.php
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\IBMDB2;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Exception\StatementError;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 use const E_ALL;
 use const E_NOTICE;
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ class StatementTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('ibm_db2')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('ibm_db2 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the ibm_db2 driver.');
     }
 
     public function testExecutionErrorsAreNotSuppressed(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/ConnectionTest.php
index 83dbaffdc1f..9c434d94fda 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ class ConnectionTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('mysqli')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('MySQLi only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the mysqli driver.');
     }
 
     public function testSupportedDriverOptions(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/DriverTest.php
index f426a34d7d9..58990520f6d 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/Mysqli/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Mysqli\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension mysqli
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('mysqli')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('MySQLi only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the mysqli driver.');
     }
 
     protected function createDriver(): DriverInterface
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ConnectionTest.php
index 92b1272f87c..4276f8d704b 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\OCI8;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension oci8
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class ConnectionTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('oci8 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the oci8 driver.');
     }
 
     public function testLastInsertIdAcceptsFqn(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/DriverTest.php
index 5fb7af9089c..82cda7950ee 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension oci8
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('oci8 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the oci8 driver.');
     }
 
     public function testConnectsWithoutDatabaseNameParameter(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ResultTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ResultTest.php
index a59b5c11971..e92a7a2ad92 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ResultTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/ResultTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\OCI8;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->connectionParams = TestUtil::getConnectionParams();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('oci8 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the oci8 driver.');
     }
 
     protected function tearDown(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/StatementTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/StatementTest.php
index 98383c1e5d4..44eed36a92d 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/StatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/OCI8/StatementTest.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\OCI8;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension oci8
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ class StatementTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('oci8 only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the oci8 driver.');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/ConnectionTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 317efc8288a..00000000000
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/ConnectionTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\PDO;
-
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Connection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Exception;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
-
-use function get_class;
-use function sprintf;
-
-/**
- * @requires extension pdo
- */
-class ConnectionTest extends FunctionalTestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * The PDO driver connection under test.
-     *
-     * @var Connection
-     */
-    protected $driverConnection;
-
-    protected function setUp(): void
-    {
-        $driverConnection = $this->connection->getWrappedConnection();
-
-        if (! $driverConnection instanceof Connection) {
-            self::markTestSkipped('PDO connection only test.');
-        }
-
-        $this->driverConnection = $driverConnection;
-    }
-
-    protected function tearDown(): void
-    {
-        $this->markConnectionNotReusable();
-    }
-
-    public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnConstruct(): void
-    {
-        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
-
-        new Connection('foo');
-    }
-
-    public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnExec(): void
-    {
-        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
-
-        $this->driverConnection->exec('foo');
-    }
-
-    public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnPrepare(): void
-    {
-        $driver = $this->connection->getDriver();
-
-        if ($driver instanceof PDO\SQLSrv\Driver) {
-            self::markTestSkipped('pdo_sqlsrv does not allow setting PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES at connection level.');
-        }
-
-        // Some PDO adapters do not check the query server-side
-        // even though emulated prepared statements are disabled,
-        // so an exception is thrown only eventually.
-        if (
-            $driver instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver
-            || $driver instanceof PDO\PgSQL\Driver
-        ) {
-            self::markTestSkipped(sprintf(
-                'The underlying implementation of the %s driver does not check the query to be prepared server-side.',
-                get_class($driver)
-            ));
-        }
-
-        // Emulated prepared statements have to be disabled for this test
-        // so that PDO actually communicates with the database server to check the query.
-        $this->driverConnection
-            ->getWrappedConnection()
-            ->setAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
-
-        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
-
-        $this->driverConnection->prepare('foo');
-    }
-
-    public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnQuery(): void
-    {
-        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
-
-        $this->driverConnection->query('foo');
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/MySQL/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/MySQL/DriverTest.php
index 8eda92b3107..e50328485e1 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/MySQL/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/MySQL/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\MySQL\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_mysql
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_mysql')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('pdo_mysql only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_mysql driver.');
     }
 
     protected function createDriver(): DriverInterface
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/OCI/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/OCI/DriverTest.php
index ebaebcf55f0..d3ba5f25e35 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/OCI/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/OCI/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\OCI\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_oci
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('PDO_OCI only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_oci driver.');
     }
 
     public function testConnectsWithoutDatabaseNameParameter(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/ConnectionTest.php
index 592eea5092a..8f56ff4e1a6 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\PDO\PgSQL;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\PgSQL\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_pgsql
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class ConnectionTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_pgsql')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('pdo_pgsql only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_pgsql driver.');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/DriverTest.php
index c774b0f4a47..531c0e097c7 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/PgSQL/DriverTest.php
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_pgsql')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('pdo_pgsql only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_pgsql driver.');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
index fea7407851f..2603ca0bd60 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_sqlsrv')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('pdo_sqlsrv only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_sqlsrv driver.');
     }
 
     protected function createDriver(): DriverInterface
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLite/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLite/DriverTest.php
index 728a7952dde..0868bf9bf54 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLite/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PDO/SQLite/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\SQLite\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_sqlite
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_sqlite')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('pdo_sqlite only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_sqlite driver.');
     }
 
     public function testReturnsDatabaseNameWithoutDatabaseNameParameter(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
index 702e8cabbca..c6c98491008 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/DriverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver as DriverInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\SQLSrv\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\AbstractDriverTest;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension sqlsrv
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('sqlsrv')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('sqlsrv only test.');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the sqlsrv driver.');
     }
 
     protected function createDriver(): DriverInterface
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/StatementTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/StatementTest.php
index 3064962d88c..a99066c7d3a 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/StatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/SQLSrv/StatementTest.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\SQLSrv;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Exception;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\SQLSrv\Driver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension sqlsrv
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class StatementTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('sqlsrv')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        self::markTestSkipped('sqlsrv only test');
+        self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the sqlsrv driver.');
     }
 
     public function testFailureToPrepareResultsInException(): void
diff --git a/tests/Functional/ExceptionTest.php b/tests/Functional/ExceptionTest.php
index a16f8257f99..92da673a3f0 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/ExceptionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/ExceptionTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractSQLServerDriver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\SqlitePlatform;
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ public function testInvalidPassword(): void
 
     public function testInvalidHost(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof AbstractSQLServerDriver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_sqlsrv', 'sqlsrv')) {
             self::markTestSkipped(
                 'Some sqlsrv and pdo_sqlsrv versions do not provide the exception code or SQLSTATE for login timeout'
             );
diff --git a/tests/Functional/LockMode/NoneTest.php b/tests/Functional/LockMode/NoneTest.php
index b5f9ccde145..35420b3ad87 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/LockMode/NoneTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/LockMode/NoneTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\LockMode;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\LockMode;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\SqlitePlatform;
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class NoneTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 
     public function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof OCI8\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('oci8')) {
             // https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4417
             self::markTestSkipped('This test fails on OCI8 for a currently unknown reason');
         }
diff --git a/tests/Functional/ParameterTypes/AsciiTest.php b/tests/Functional/ParameterTypes/AsciiTest.php
index 70c56540173..36180fdecad 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/ParameterTypes/AsciiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/ParameterTypes/AsciiTest.php
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\ParameterTypes;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractSQLServerDriver;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 class AsciiTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     public function testAsciiBinding(): void
     {
-        if (! $this->connection->getDriver() instanceof AbstractSQLServerDriver) {
+        if (! TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('sqlsrv', 'pdo_sqlsrv')) {
             self::markTestSkipped('Driver does not support ascii string binding');
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Functional/ResultTest.php b/tests/Functional/ResultTest.php
index 5690ca6ef3b..7b252997c75 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/ResultTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/ResultTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Mysqli;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Result;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 class ResultTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
@@ -15,9 +14,7 @@ class ResultTest extends FunctionalTestCase
      */
     public function testExceptionHandling(callable $method): void
     {
-        $driver = $this->connection->getDriver();
-
-        if (! $driver instanceof Mysqli\Driver && ! $driver instanceof IBMDB2\Driver) {
+        if (! TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('mysqli', 'ibm_db2')) {
             self::markTestSkipped('This test works only with the mysqli and ibm_db2 drivers.');
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Functional/SQL/ParserTest.php b/tests/Functional/SQL/ParserTest.php
index 81421d373a6..2f2b5b045d6 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/SQL/ParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/SQL/ParserTest.php
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\SQL;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\PgSQL;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 class ParserTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     public function testPostgreSQLJSONBQuestionOperator(): void
     {
-        if (! $this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PgSQL\Driver) {
-            self::markTestSkipped('This test works only with pdo_pgsql.');
+        if (! TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_pgsql')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test requires the pdo_pgsql driver.');
         }
 
         self::assertTrue($this->connection->fetchOne('SELECT \'{"a":null}\'::jsonb ?? :key', ['key' => 'a']));
diff --git a/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php b/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
index 76676b82b82..f9e8bad259b 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/StatementTest.php
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Exception;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Result;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 
 use function base64_decode;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void
 
     public function testStatementIsReusableAfterFreeingResult(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('See https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77181');
         }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function testStatementIsReusableAfterFreeingResult(): void
 
     public function testReuseStatementWithLongerResults(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('PDO_OCI doesn\'t support fetching blobs via PDOStatement::fetchAll()');
         }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function testReuseStatementWithLongerResults(): void
 
     public function testFetchLongBlob(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             // inserting BLOBs as streams on Oracle requires Oracle-specific SQL syntax which is currently not supported
             // see http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.lobs.php#example-1035
             self::markTestSkipped('DBAL doesn\'t support storing LOBs represented as streams using PDO_OCI');
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public function testIncompletelyFetchedStatementDoesNotBlockConnection(): void
 
     public function testReuseStatementAfterFreeingResult(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             self::markTestIncomplete('See https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77181');
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Functional/TypeConversionTest.php b/tests/Functional/TypeConversionTest.php
index 427e3308fe3..1e9e16db139 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/TypeConversionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/TypeConversionTest.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional;
 
 use DateTime;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 use stdClass;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public static function floatProvider(): iterable
      */
     public function testIdempotentConversionToString(string $type, $originalValue): void
     {
-        if ($type === 'text' && $this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if ($type === 'text' && TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             // inserting BLOBs as streams on Oracle requires Oracle-specific SQL syntax which is currently not supported
             // see http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.lobs.php#example-1035
             self::markTestSkipped('DBAL doesn\'t support storing LOBs represented as streams using PDO_OCI');
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Types/BinaryTest.php b/tests/Functional/Types/BinaryTest.php
index 2d19467e671..0afeeac90b6 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Types/BinaryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Types/BinaryTest.php
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Types;
 
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Driver;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 
 use function is_resource;
 use function random_bytes;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ class BinaryTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof PDO\OCI\Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('pdo_oci')) {
             self::markTestSkipped('PDO_OCI doesn\'t support binding binary values');
         }
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public function testInsertAndSelect(): void
         $value2 = random_bytes(64);
 
         /** @see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76322 */
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver() instanceof Driver) {
+        if (TestUtil::isDriverOneOf('ibm_db2')) {
             $value1 = str_replace("\x00", "\xFF", $value1);
             $value2 = str_replace("\x00", "\xFF", $value2);
         }
diff --git a/tests/TestUtil.php b/tests/TestUtil.php
index 1e88ed90f66..3af71543992 100644
--- a/tests/TestUtil.php
+++ b/tests/TestUtil.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use function explode;
 use function extension_loaded;
 use function implode;
+use function in_array;
 use function is_string;
 use function strlen;
 use function strpos;
@@ -233,6 +234,11 @@ public static function getPrivilegedConnection(): Connection
         return DriverManager::getConnection(self::getPrivilegedConnectionParameters());
     }
 
+    public static function isDriverOneOf(string ...$names): bool
+    {
+        return in_array(self::getConnectionParams()['driver'], $names, true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates a query that will return the given rows without the need to create a temporary table.
      *