diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PersonDTO.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PersonDTO.java
index 81b9507a20d6b..1cd1890b6de19 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PersonDTO.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PersonDTO.java
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ public DescriptionDTO(Integer height, Integer weight, EmbeddedDescriptionDTO des
             this.description = "Height: " + height + ", weight: " + weight;
         }
 
-        // Custom constructor for manual query should be put after the one with all parameters
-        public DescriptionDTO(Integer height, Integer weight) {
-            this(height, weight, null);
-        }
-
         public String getGeneratedDescription() {
             return description;
         }
diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
index 9927b86191d46..093b636910fb5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-orm-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ void testSimpleEntityProjection() {
     void testSimpleEntityProjection2() {
         Person person = new Person();
         person.name = "1";
+        person.uniqueName = "1";
         person.persist();
 
         String personName = Person.find("select name from Person2 where name = ?1", "1")
@@ -279,7 +280,10 @@ void testNestedEntityProjection_WithQuery() {
                 "select uniqueName, name, " +
                         " new io.quarkus.it.panache.PersonDTO$AddressDTO( address.street, address.street, address.street)," +
                         " new io.quarkus.it.panache.PersonDTO$AddressDTO( address.street, address.street, address.street)," +
-                        " new io.quarkus.it.panache.PersonDTO$DescriptionDTO(description.size, description.weight)," +
+                        " new io.quarkus.it.panache.PersonDTO$DescriptionDTO(description.size, description.weight, " +
+                        " new io.quarkus.it.panache.PersonDTO$EmbeddedDescriptionDTO(description.description2.embeddedDescription)"
+                        +
+                        ")," +
                         " description.size" +
                         " from Person2 where name = ?1",
                 "2")
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@ void testNestedEntityProjection_WithQuery() {
     void testNestedEntityProjection() {
         Person person = new Person();
         person.name = "3";
+        person.uniqueName = "3";
         person.address = new Address("street 3");
         person.description = new PersonDescription();
         person.description.weight = 75;
diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PersonDTO.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PersonDTO.java
index ffe38806cfcd3..b4fdcae5bb82e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PersonDTO.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PersonDTO.java
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ public DescriptionDTO(Integer height, Integer weight, EmbeddedDescriptionDTO des
             this.description = "Height: " + height + ", weight: " + weight;
         }
 
-        // Custom constructor for manual query should be put after the one with all parameters
-        public DescriptionDTO(Integer height, Integer weight) {
-            this(height, weight, null);
-        }
-
         public String getGeneratedDescription() {
             return description;
         }
diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
index ad085c0e79988..a124148689282 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ public void testBeerRepository() {
     void testSelectNameProjection(UniAsserter asserter) {
         Person person = new Person();
         person.name = "1";
+        person.uniqueName = "1";
         asserter.execute(() -> person.persist());
         asserter.assertThat(
                 () -> Person.find("select name from Person2 where name = ?1", "1")
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ void testSelectNameProjection(UniAsserter asserter) {
     void testNestedEntityProjection(UniAsserter asserter) {
         Person person = new Person();
         person.name = "3";
+        person.uniqueName = "3";
         person.address = new Address("street 3");
         person.description = new PersonDescription();
         person.description.weight = 75;