diff --git a/jdk/test/java/nio/file/Files/InterruptCopy.java b/jdk/test/java/nio/file/Files/InterruptCopy.java
index 467a5eadfdf..c83479c9e46 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/nio/file/Files/InterruptCopy.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/nio/file/Files/InterruptCopy.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * @bug 4313887 6993267
  * @summary Unit test for Sun-specific ExtendedCopyOption.INTERRUPTIBLE option
  * @library ..
- * @run main/othervm -XX:-UseVMInterruptibleIO InterruptCopy
  */
 
 import java.nio.file.*;
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/BlockingQueue/Interrupt.java b/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/BlockingQueue/Interrupt.java
index d8d55d9902b..cdfd9e88bdb 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/BlockingQueue/Interrupt.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/BlockingQueue/Interrupt.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * @test
  * @bug 6384064
  * @summary Check proper handling of interrupts
- * @run main/othervm -XX:-UseVMInterruptibleIO Interrupt
  * @author Martin Buchholz
  */
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java b/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
index 47c28540f24..8c2cf5a2b16 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * @test
  * @bug 6450200 6450205 6450207 6450211
  * @summary Test proper handling of tasks that terminate abruptly
- * @run main/othervm -XX:-UseVMInterruptibleIO ThrowingTasks
  * @author Martin Buchholz
  */