diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zArguments.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zArguments.hpp
index 8bbd88f357c..83165b8ec9b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zArguments.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zArguments.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class CollectedHeap;
 
 class ZArguments : public GCArguments {
-  friend class ZTest;
+  friend class ZVMTest;
 
 private:
   static void select_max_gc_threads();
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zInitialize.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zInitialize.hpp
index 6d297655352..6c6becc08e8 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zInitialize.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zInitialize.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 class ZInitialize : public AllStatic {
-  friend class ZTest;
+  friend class ZVMTest;
 
 private:
   static constexpr size_t ErrorMessageLength = 256;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zNUMA.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zNUMA.hpp
index 838a114c210..1e668a70a74 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zNUMA.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zNUMA.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 class ZNUMA : public AllStatic {
   friend class VMStructs;
   friend class ZNUMATest;
-  friend class ZTest;
+  friend class ZVMTest;
 
 private:
   static bool     _enabled;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zVirtualMemoryManager.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zVirtualMemoryManager.hpp
index 0fd6045d633..3ddfa69504c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zVirtualMemoryManager.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/z/zVirtualMemoryManager.hpp
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 using ZVirtualMemoryRegistry = ZRangeRegistry<ZVirtualMemory>;
 
 class ZVirtualMemoryReserver {
-  friend class ZTest;
   friend class ZMapperTest;
   friend class ZVirtualMemoryManagerTest;
+  friend class ZVMTest;
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zAddress.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zAddress.cpp
index 0df77b01ad2..b6b9910104d 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zAddress.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zAddress.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "gc/z/zGlobals.hpp"
 #include "zunittest.hpp"
 
-class ZAddressTest : public ZTest {
+class ZAddressTest : public ZVMTest {
 protected:
   static zpointer color(uintptr_t value, uintptr_t color) {
     return ZAddress::color(zaddress(value | ZAddressHeapBase), color);
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zForwarding.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zForwarding.cpp
index 5275b78fb82..7366a081e31 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zForwarding.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zForwarding.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ using namespace testing;
 
 #define CAPTURE(expression) CAPTURE1(expression)
 
-class ZForwardingTest : public ZTest {
+class ZForwardingTest : public ZVMTest {
 public:
   // Setup and tear down
   ZHeap*            _old_heap;
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zLiveMap.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zLiveMap.cpp
index da956b70b2a..abde16090ec 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zLiveMap.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zLiveMap.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "gc/z/zLiveMap.inline.hpp"
 #include "zunittest.hpp"
 
-class ZLiveMapTest : public ZTest {
+class ZLiveMapTest : public ZVMTest {
 private:
   // Setup and tear down
   ZHeap*            _old_heap;
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zMapper_windows.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zMapper_windows.cpp
index 95e6317dfd8..6e1961e3f3a 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zMapper_windows.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zMapper_windows.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 using namespace testing;
 
-class ZMapperTest : public ZTest {
+class ZMapperTest : public ZVMTest {
 private:
   static constexpr size_t ReservationSize = 3 * ZGranuleSize;
 
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zVirtualMemoryManager.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zVirtualMemoryManager.cpp
index 7c41dde04cb..076d6ce4494 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zVirtualMemoryManager.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/test_zVirtualMemoryManager.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
-class ZVirtualMemoryManagerTest : public ZTest {
+class ZVirtualMemoryManagerTest : public ZVMTest {
 private:
   static constexpr size_t ReservationSize = 32 * M;
 
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/zunittest.hpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/zunittest.hpp
index 2464f821380..09d7b9e1460 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/zunittest.hpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/gc/z/zunittest.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& str, const ZVirtualMemory& vmem) {
 }
 
 class ZAddressOffsetMaxSetter {
-  friend class ZTest;
+  friend class ZVMTest;
 
 private:
   size_t _old_max;
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ public:
 };
 
 class ZTest : public testing::Test {
+private:
+  unsigned int _rand_seed;
+
+protected:
+  ZTest()
+    : _rand_seed(static_cast<unsigned int>(::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->random_seed())) {}
+
+  int random() {
+    const int next_seed = os::next_random(_rand_seed);
+    _rand_seed = static_cast<unsigned int>(next_seed);
+    return next_seed;
+  }
+};
+
+class ZVMTest : public ZTest {
 public:
   class ZAddressReserver {
     ZVirtualMemoryReserver* _reserver;
@@ -106,7 +121,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
   ZAddressOffsetMaxSetter _zaddress_offset_max_setter;
-  unsigned int _rand_seed;
 
   void skip_all_tests() {
     // Skipping from the constructor currently works, but according to the
@@ -117,9 +131,8 @@ private:
   }
 
 protected:
-  ZTest()
-    : _zaddress_offset_max_setter(ZAddressOffsetMax),
-      _rand_seed(static_cast<unsigned int>(::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->random_seed())) {
+  ZVMTest()
+    : _zaddress_offset_max_setter(ZAddressOffsetMax) {
     if (!is_os_supported()) {
       // If the OS does not support ZGC do not run initialization, as it may crash the VM.
       skip_all_tests();
@@ -138,12 +151,9 @@ protected:
       _zaddress_offset_max_setter._old_mask = ZAddressOffsetMask;
       return true;
     }();
-  }
 
-  int random() {
-    const int next_seed = os::next_random(_rand_seed);
-    _rand_seed = static_cast<unsigned int>(next_seed);
-    return next_seed;
+    // Silence unused variable warning
+    (void)runs_once;
   }
 
   bool is_os_supported() {
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/AllNotVMGtest.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/AllNotVMGtest.java
index 817b9848778..0cc0b76a5a9 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/AllNotVMGtest.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/AllNotVMGtest.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public class AllNotVMGtest {
         TF("LogOutputList.level_for"),
         TF("os_linux.addr_to_function_valid"),
         TF("Semaphore.trywait", Platform.isOSX()),
-        TF("ZArrayTest.slice"),
-        TF("ZNUMATest.calculate_share"),
     };
 
     public static Stream<String> getFilteredTests() {