diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/rmic-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/rmic-test.xml
index 219d8e3d4..67b4afc3f 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/rmic-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/rmic-test.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class Adapter implements RmicAdapter {
     <javac srcdir="${input}" destdir="${resources}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testCompilerNotFound" depends="-create-rmic-adapter">
+  <target name="testCompilerNotFound" depends="-create-rmic-adapter" unless="build.sysclasspath.only">
     <au:expectfailure>
       <rmic base="${resources}" includes="**/*.class"
             compiler="org.example.Adapter"/>