diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/property-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/property-test.xml
index 1697e7776..5e0f38084 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/property-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/property-test.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ y=$${bar.x}
 ]]></echo>
     <property file="${input}/z.properties" prefix="bar"/>
     <!-- passes in Ant 1.7.1 and 1.8.1, fails in 1.8.0 -->
+    <!--echo>bar.y is ${bar.y}</echo>
+    <au:assertLogContains text="bar.y is y"/-->
     <au:assertPropertyEquals name="bar.y" value="y"/>
   </target>