diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/java/lang/Object.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/java/lang/Object.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fd90bc..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/java/lang/Object.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package java.lang;
-
-public class Object
-{
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
index ac77edd..a4738bd 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/TestAnnotationsReader.java
@@ -87,16 +87,4 @@ public class TestAnnotationsReader
             new ParameterAnnotationContent( "beer", null, "thebeer", "coolbeer", false, false,
                                             String.class.getName() ) );
     }
-
-    public void testReadingJavaLangObject()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest request = new MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest();
-        request.setClassesDirectories( Collections.singletonList( new File( "target/test-classes" ) ) );
-        request.setIncludePatterns( Collections.singletonList( "java/lang/Object.class" ) );
-        request.setProject( new MavenProject() );
-
-        MojoAnnotationsScanner scanner = (MojoAnnotationsScanner) lookup( MojoAnnotationsScanner.ROLE );
-        scanner.scan( request );
-    }
 }