diff --git a/hotspot/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestMemoryAwareness.java b/hotspot/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestMemoryAwareness.java
index e05d5cc72f3..81832f8fee3 100644
--- a/hotspot/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestMemoryAwareness.java
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestMemoryAwareness.java
@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ private static void testMemorySoftLimit(String valueToSet, String expectedTraceV
     private static void testOOM(String dockerMemLimit, int sizeToAllocInMb) throws Exception {
         Common.logNewTestCase("OOM");
 
-        // add "--memory-swappiness 0" so as to disable anonymous page swapping.
         DockerRunOptions opts = Common.newOpts(imageName, "AttemptOOM")
-            .addDockerOpts("--memory", dockerMemLimit, "--memory-swappiness", "0", "--memory-swap", dockerMemLimit);
+            .addDockerOpts("--memory", dockerMemLimit, "--memory-swap", dockerMemLimit);
         opts.classParams.add("" + sizeToAllocInMb);
 
         // make sure we avoid inherited Xmx settings from the jtreg vmoptions