diff --git a/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/LeaseCheckInterval.java b/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/LeaseCheckInterval.java
index 026dea60b9f..314aeadbdaf 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/LeaseCheckInterval.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/LeaseCheckInterval.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm LeaseCheckInterval
  */
 
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.rmi.Remote;
 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
@@ -96,26 +94,25 @@ public class LeaseCheckInterval implements Remote, Unreferenced {
             localRegistry.bind(BINDING, obj);
             System.err.println("bound remote object in local registry");
 
-            Path outputFile = Files.createTempFile(Path.of("."), "4285878-", ".txt");
             System.err.println("starting remote client VM...");
-            jvm = new JavaVM("SelfTerminator", "-Drmi.registry.port=" +
-                        registryPort, outputFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+            jvm = new JavaVM("SelfTerminator", "-Drmi.registry.port=" + registryPort, "");
             // launch the self terminating java application which will lookup
-            // the bound object and then terminate itself. before terminating
-            // it will write the time at which it is terminating, into the
-            // output file
+            // the bound object (thus creating a lease) and then terminate itself (thus
+            // creating the condition for a lease expiry).
             jvm.start();
-
-            System.err.println("waiting for unreferenced() callback...");
+            final Instant startTime = Instant.now();
+            System.err.println("waiting for SelfTerminator process to complete");
+            final int exitCode = jvm.waitFor();
+            if (exitCode != 0) {
+                throw new AssertionError("SelfTerminator process exited with" +
+                        " a non-zero exit code: " + exitCode);
+            }
+            System.err.println("SelfTerminator process completed in "
+                    + Duration.between(startTime, Instant.now())
+                    + ", now waiting for Unreferenced.unreferenced() callback to be invoked");
             callbackInvocationLatch.await();
-            Instant waitEndedAt = Instant.now();
-            final String content = Files.readString(outputFile);
-            System.err.println("content in " + outputFile + ": " + content);
-            // parse the time, representing the time at which the SelfTerminator
-            // application termination started
-            final Instant terminationStartedAt = Instant.parse(content);
-            final Duration waitDuration = assertWithinExpectedTimeLimit(waitEndedAt,
-                    terminationStartedAt);
+            final Instant waitEndedAt = Instant.now();
+            final Duration waitDuration = assertWithinExpectedTimeLimit(waitEndedAt, startTime);
             System.err.println("TEST PASSED: unreferenced() invoked in timely" +
                     " fashion (duration=" + waitDuration + ")");
         } finally {
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/SelfTerminator.java b/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/SelfTerminator.java
index 0ae1a720863..36ebbf05bf1 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/SelfTerminator.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/rmi/server/Unreferenced/leaseCheckInterval/SelfTerminator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.rmi.Remote;
 import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
 import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
@@ -33,16 +31,12 @@ public class SelfTerminator {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         try {
             log("main() invoked");
-            Path outputFile = Path.of(args[0]);
-            log("output file " + outputFile);
             int registryPort =
                 Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("rmi.registry.port"));
             Registry registry =
                 LocateRegistry.getRegistry("", registryPort);
             Remote stub = registry.lookup(LeaseCheckInterval.BINDING);
             log("looked up binding, now terminating the process");
-            // write out the time at which we are terminating the process
-            Files.writeString(outputFile, Instant.now().toString());
             Runtime.getRuntime().halt(0);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             log("failure: " + t);