diff --git a/tests/functional/extension_controller_test.php b/tests/functional/extension_controller_test.php
index 70c6de8e27..10b4cb3451 100644
--- a/tests/functional/extension_controller_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/extension_controller_test.php
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_extension_controller_test extends phpbb_functional_test_c
 			$row_num = str_replace('redirect_expected_', '', $redirect);
 
 			$redirect = $crawler->filter('#redirect_' . $row_num)->text();
-			$redirect = substr($redirect, 0, strpos($redirect, 'sid') - 1);
 			$this->assertEquals($crawler->filter('#redirect_expected_' .  $row_num)->text(), $redirect);
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/mcp_test.php b/tests/functional/mcp_test.php
index 87a98dae74..a9ba2f3a83 100644
--- a/tests/functional/mcp_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/mcp_test.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class phpbb_functional_mcp_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 	*/
 	public function test_handle_quickmod($crawler)
 	{
+		$this->login();
+
 		// Test moving a post
 		return $this->get_quickmod_page(0, 'MERGE_POSTS', $crawler);
 	}
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ class phpbb_functional_mcp_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 	*/
 	public function test_move_post_to_topic($crawler)
 	{
+		$this->login();
+
 		// Select the post in MCP
 		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('SUBMIT'))->form(array(
 			'to_topic_id'	=> 1,
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index 467eb72eba..600fbe60be 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 		}
 		$link = $crawler->filter('#quickmod')->selectLink($this->lang($action))->link()->getUri();
 
-		return self::request('GET', substr($link, strpos($link, 'mcp.')));
+		return self::request('GET', substr($link, strpos($link, 'mcp.')) . "&sid={$this->sid}");
 	}
 
 	/**