diff --git a/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp b/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
index 1ff409084d..b21f38578e 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ namespace {
 }
 
 PERF_TEST_P(detect, SCascade,
-    testing::Combine(testing::Values(std::string("cv/cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml")),
-    testing::Values(std::string("cv/cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png"))))
+    testing::Combine(testing::Values(std::string("cv/softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml")),
+    testing::Values(std::string("cv/softcascade/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png"))))
 {
     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
     cv::Mat colored = imread(getDataPath(get<1>(GetParam())));
     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
     cv::SCascade cascade;
-    cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    cv::FileStorage fs(getDataPath(get<0>(GetParam())), cv::FileStorage::READ);
     ASSERT_TRUE(fs.isOpened());
     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ PERF_TEST_P(detect, SCascade,
     extractRacts(objectBoxes, rects);
     std::sort(rects.begin(), rects.end(), comparators::RectLess());
     SANITY_CHECK(rects);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp b/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
index 1d2fbb1d89..903e55812f 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
@@ -43,143 +43,85 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
 
-static std::string itoa(int i)
-{
-    static char s[65];
-    sprintf(s, "%03d", i);
-    return std::string(s);
-}
-
 #include "test_precomp.hpp"
-#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
-
-TEST(SCascade, detect1)
-{
-    typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
-    std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
-    cv::SCascade cascade;
-    cascade.set("rejCriteria", cv::SCascade::DOLLAR);
-    // cascade.set("minScale", 0.5);
-    // cascade.set("scales", 2);
-    cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
-
-    for (int sample = 0; sample < 1000; ++sample)
-    {
-
-        // std::cout << itoa(sample) << std::endl;
-    std::cout << std::string("/home/kellan/bahnhof-l/image_00000" + itoa(sample) + "_0.png") << std::endl;
-    cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(std::string("/home/kellan/bahnhof-l/image_00000" + itoa(sample) + "_0.png"));
-    ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
-
-
-    std::vector<Detection> objects;
-    cascade.detect(colored, cv::noArray(), objects);
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < (int)objects.size(); ++i)
-        cv::rectangle(colored, objects[i].bb, cv::Scalar(51, 160, 255, 255), 1);
-
-    // cv::Mat res;
-    // cv::resize(colored, res, cv::Size(), 4,4);
-    cv::imshow("detections", colored);
-    cv::waitKey(20);
-    // cv::imwrite(std::string("/home/kellan/res/image_00000" + itoa(sample) + ".png"), colored);
-    }
-
-    // ASSERT_EQ(1459, (int)objects.size());
-}
 
 TEST(SCascade, readCascade)
 {
-    std::string xml = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/test-simple-cascade.xml";
+    std::string xml = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml";
     cv::SCascade cascade;
-    cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
     ASSERT_TRUE(fs.isOpened());
     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 }
 
-// TEST(SCascade, detect)
-// {
-//     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
-//     std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
-//     cv::SCascade cascade;
-//     // cascade.set("maxScale", 0.5);
-//     // cascade.set("minScale", 0.5);
-//     // cascade.set("scales", 2);
+TEST(SCascade, detect)
+{
+    typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
+    std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml";
+    cv::SCascade cascade;
+    cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
-//     cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);
-//     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
+    cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
-//     // 454
-//     cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");//"/home/kellan/datasets/INRIA/training_set/pos/octave_-1/sample_1.png");//cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
-//     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
+    std::vector<Detection> objects;
+    cascade.detect(colored, cv::noArray(), objects);
 
-//     std::vector<Detection> objects;
+    ASSERT_EQ(823, (int)objects.size());
+}
 
-//     cascade.detect(colored, cv::noArray(), objects);
+TEST(SCascade, detectSeparate)
+{
+    typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
+    std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml";
+    cv::SCascade cascade;
+    cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
-//     for (int i = 0; i < objects.size(); ++i)
-//         cv::rectangle(colored, objects[i].bb, cv::Scalar::all(255), 1);
+    cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
-//     cv::Mat res;
-//     cv::resize(colored, res, cv::Size(), 4,4);
-//     cv::imshow("detections", colored);
-//     cv::waitKey(0);
+    cv::Mat rects, confs;
 
-//     // ASSERT_EQ(1459, (int)objects.size());
-// }
+    cascade.detect(colored, cv::noArray(), rects, confs);
+    ASSERT_EQ(823, confs.cols);
+}
 
-// TEST(SCascade, detectSeparate)
-// {
-//     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
-//     std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
-//     cv::SCascade cascade;
-//     cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
-//     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
+TEST(SCascade, detectRoi)
+{
+    typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
+    std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml";
+    cv::SCascade cascade;
+    cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
-//     cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
-//     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
+    cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
-//     cv::Mat rects, confs;
+    std::vector<Detection> objects;
+    std::vector<cv::Rect> rois;
+    rois.push_back(cv::Rect(0, 0, 640, 480));
 
-//     cascade.detect(colored, cv::noArray(), rects, confs);
-//     ASSERT_EQ(1459, confs.cols);
-// }
+    cascade.detect(colored, rois, objects);
+    ASSERT_EQ(823, (int)objects.size());
+}
 
-// TEST(SCascade, detectRoi)
-// {
-//     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
-//     std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
-//     cv::SCascade cascade;
-//     cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
-//     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
+TEST(SCascade, detectNoRoi)
+{
+    typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
+    std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/soft-cascade-17.12.2012.xml";
+    cv::SCascade cascade;
+    cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
-//     cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
-//     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
+    cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "softcascade/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
-//     std::vector<Detection> objects;
-//     std::vector<cv::Rect> rois;
-//     rois.push_back(cv::Rect(0, 0, 640, 480));
+    std::vector<Detection> objects;
+    std::vector<cv::Rect> rois;
 
-//     cascade.detect(colored, rois, objects);
-//     ASSERT_EQ(1459, (int)objects.size());
-// }
+    cascade.detect(colored, rois, objects);
 
-// TEST(SCascade, detectNoRoi)
-// {
-//     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
-//     std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
-//     cv::SCascade cascade;
-//     cv::FileStorage fs(xml, cv::FileStorage::READ);
-//     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
-
-//     cv::Mat colored = cv::imread(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/bahnhof/image_00000000_0.png");
-//     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
-
-//     std::vector<Detection> objects;
-//     std::vector<cv::Rect> rois;
-
-//     cascade.detect(colored, rois, objects);
-
-//     ASSERT_EQ(0, (int)objects.size());
-// }
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+    ASSERT_EQ(0, (int)objects.size());
+}
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