diff --git a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/testIOException/TestIOException.java b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/testIOException/TestIOException.java
index 9127cdf86bb..5dd81b62d33 100644
--- a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/testIOException/TestIOException.java
+++ b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/testIOException/TestIOException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2024, 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
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 8164130
+ * @bug 8164130 8334332
  * @summary test IOException handling
- * @library ../../lib
+ * @library ../../lib /test/lib
  * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.tool
  * @build javadoc.tester.*
  * @run main TestIOException
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javadoc.tester.JavadocTester;
+import jtreg.SkippedException;
 
 /**
  * Tests IO Exception handling.
@@ -61,16 +62,13 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
     public void testReadOnlyDirectory() {
         File outDir = new File("out1");
         if (!outDir.mkdir()) {
-            throw error(outDir, "Cannot create directory");
+            throw skip(outDir, "Cannot create directory");
         }
         if (!outDir.setReadOnly()) {
-            if (skip(outDir)) {
-                return;
-            }
-            throw error(outDir, "could not set directory read-only");
+            throw skip(outDir, "could not set directory read-only");
         }
         if (outDir.canWrite()) {
-            throw error(outDir, "directory is writable");
+            throw skip(outDir, "directory is writable");
         }
 
         try {
@@ -93,15 +91,15 @@ public void testReadOnlyDirectory() {
     public void testReadOnlyFile() throws Exception {
         File outDir = new File("out2");
         if (!outDir.mkdir()) {
-            throw error(outDir, "Cannot create directory");
+            throw skip(outDir, "Cannot create directory");
         }
         File index = new File(outDir, "index.html");
         try (FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(index)) { }
         if (!index.setReadOnly()) {
-            throw error(index, "could not set index read-only");
+            throw skip(index, "could not set index read-only");
         }
         if (index.canWrite()) {
-            throw error(index, "index is writable");
+            throw skip(index, "index is writable");
         }
 
         try {
@@ -139,16 +137,13 @@ public void testReadOnlySubdirectory() throws Exception {
         File outDir = new File("out3");
         File pkgOutDir = new File(outDir, "p");
         if (!pkgOutDir.mkdirs()) {
-            throw error(pkgOutDir, "Cannot create directory");
+            throw skip(pkgOutDir, "Cannot create directory");
         }
         if (!pkgOutDir.setReadOnly()) {
-            if (skip(pkgOutDir)) {
-                return;
-            }
-            throw error(pkgOutDir, "could not set directory read-only");
+            throw skip(pkgOutDir, "could not set directory read-only");
         }
         if (pkgOutDir.canWrite()) {
-            throw error(pkgOutDir, "directory is writable");
+            throw skip(pkgOutDir, "directory is writable");
         }
 
         // run javadoc and check results
@@ -192,16 +187,13 @@ public void testReadOnlyDocFilesDir() throws Exception {
         File pkgOutDir = new File(outDir, "p");
         File docFilesOutDir = new File(pkgOutDir, "doc-files");
         if (!docFilesOutDir.mkdirs()) {
-            throw error(docFilesOutDir, "Cannot create directory");
+            throw skip(docFilesOutDir, "Cannot create directory");
         }
         if (!docFilesOutDir.setReadOnly()) {
-            if (skip(docFilesOutDir)) {
-                return;
-            }
-            throw error(docFilesOutDir, "could not set directory read-only");
+            throw skip(docFilesOutDir, "could not set directory read-only");
         }
         if (docFilesOutDir.canWrite()) {
-            throw error(docFilesOutDir, "directory is writable");
+            throw skip(docFilesOutDir, "directory is writable");
         }
 
         try {
@@ -219,10 +211,11 @@ public void testReadOnlyDocFilesDir() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    private Error error(File f, String message) {
+    private Error skip(File f, String message) {
+        out.print(System.getProperty("user.name"));
         out.println(f + ": " + message);
         showAllAttributes(f.toPath());
-        throw new Error(f + ": " + message);
+        throw new SkippedException(f + ": " + message);
     }
 
     private void showAllAttributes(Path p) {
@@ -242,20 +235,5 @@ private void showAttributes(Path p, String attributes) {
             out.println("Error accessing attributes " + attributes + ": " + t);
         }
     }
-
-    private boolean skip(File dir) {
-        if (isWindows()) {
-            showAllAttributes(dir.toPath());
-            out.println("Windows: cannot set directory read only:" + dir);
-            out.println("TEST CASE SKIPPED");
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isWindows() {
-        return System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.US).startsWith("windows");
-    }
 }