diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jar/modularJar/Basic.java b/test/jdk/tools/jar/modularJar/Basic.java
index f6f95b63207..26e9b835a49 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jar/modularJar/Basic.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jar/modularJar/Basic.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2021, 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
@@ -1093,9 +1093,6 @@ public class Basic {
     {
 
         List<String> commands = new ArrayList<>();
-        if (!TOOL_VM_OPTIONS.isEmpty()) {
-            commands.addAll(Arrays.asList(TOOL_VM_OPTIONS.split("\\s+", -1)));
-        }
         commands.add("-d");
         commands.add(dest.toString());
         if (dest.toString().contains("bar")) {
diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jar/multiRelease/MRTestBase.java b/test/jdk/tools/jar/multiRelease/MRTestBase.java
index 8447b20b368..abd5782fdcd 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jar/multiRelease/MRTestBase.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jar/multiRelease/MRTestBase.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2021, 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
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public class MRTestBase {
         if (!opts.isEmpty()) {
             commands.addAll(Arrays.asList(opts.split(" +")));
         }
-        commands.addAll(Utils.getForwardVmOptions());
         commands.add("-d");
         commands.add(dest.toString());
         Stream.of(sourceFiles)