diff --git a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/AbstractMultiUserChatIntegrationTest.java b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/AbstractMultiUserChatIntegrationTest.java
index 2ad9ca2d4..c48cbcf1b 100644
--- a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/AbstractMultiUserChatIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/AbstractMultiUserChatIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright 2021-2023 Florian Schmaus
+ * Copyright 2021-2024 Florian Schmaus
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -189,17 +189,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMultiUserChatIntegrationTest extends AbstractSmack
         muc.sendConfigurationForm(answerForm);
     }
 
-    static void createLockedMuc(MultiUserChat muc, Resourcepart resourceName) throws
-            SmackException.NoResponseException, XMPPException.XMPPErrorException,
-            InterruptedException, MultiUserChatException.MucAlreadyJoinedException,
-            SmackException.NotConnectedException,
-            MultiUserChatException.MissingMucCreationAcknowledgeException,
-            MultiUserChatException.NotAMucServiceException {
-        muc.create(resourceName);
-        // Note the absence of handle.makeInstant() here. The room is still being created at this point, until a
-        // configuration is set.
-    }
-
     static void setMaxUsers(MultiUserChat muc, int maxUsers) throws SmackException.NoResponseException, XMPPException.XMPPErrorException, InterruptedException, SmackException.NotConnectedException {
         Form configForm = muc.getConfigurationForm();
         FillableForm answerForm = configForm.getFillableForm();
diff --git a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/MultiUserChatOccupantIntegrationTest.java b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/MultiUserChatOccupantIntegrationTest.java
index 077f863c2..3ceac42ac 100644
--- a/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/MultiUserChatOccupantIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/smack-integration-test/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/MultiUserChatOccupantIntegrationTest.java
@@ -876,7 +876,9 @@ public class MultiUserChatOccupantIntegrationTest extends AbstractMultiUserChatI
         final Resourcepart nicknameOne = Resourcepart.from("one-" + randomString);
         final Resourcepart nicknameTwo = Resourcepart.from("two-" + randomString);
 
-        createLockedMuc(mucAsSeenByOne, nicknameOne);
+        // Note the absence of handle.makeInstant() here. The room is still being created at this point, until a
+        // configuration is set.
+        mucAsSeenByOne.create(nicknameOne);
 
         try {
             XMPPException.XMPPErrorException conflictErrorException = assertThrows(