diff --git a/src/test/ruby/test_helper.rb b/src/test/ruby/test_helper.rb
index 1b81d67a..b13f3cb1 100644
--- a/src/test/ruby/test_helper.rb
+++ b/src/test/ruby/test_helper.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def assert_not_same(expected, actual)
     end
   end
 
-  def self.disable_security_restrictions!; @@security_restrictions = nil end # do nothing on MRI
+  def self.disable_security_restrictions!; end # do nothing on MRI
 
   @@security_restrictions = ''
 
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ def self.disable_security_restrictions
     disable_security_restrictions! if @@security_restrictions.eql?('')
   end
 
-  def self.security_restrictions?
-    disable_security_restrictions; return @@security_restrictions
-  end
-
-  def self.java7?; java_version.last.to_i == 7 end
   def self.java8?; java_version.last.to_i == 8 end
 
   def self.java_version
diff --git a/src/test/ruby/x509/test_x509cert.rb b/src/test/ruby/x509/test_x509cert.rb
index d2429b0d..1528df8b 100644
--- a/src/test/ruby/x509/test_x509cert.rb
+++ b/src/test/ruby/x509/test_x509cert.rb
@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ def test_resolve_extensions
     assert_equal 5, cert.extensions.size
 
     # Java 6/7 seems to maintain same order but Java 8 does definitely not :
-    # TODO there must be something going on under - maybe not BC parsing ?!?
-    if self.class.java7?
-      assert_equal '97:39:9D:C3:FB:CD:BA:8F:54:0C:90:7B:46:3F:EA:D6:43:75:B1:CB', cert.extensions[2].value
-      assert_equal 'email:self@jruby.org, DNS:jruby.org', cert.extensions[4].value
-    end
+    #if self.class.java_version.last.to_i == 7
+    #  assert_equal '97:39:9D:C3:FB:CD:BA:8F:54:0C:90:7B:46:3F:EA:D6:43:75:B1:CB', cert.extensions[2].value
+    #  assert_equal 'email:self@jruby.org, DNS:jruby.org', cert.extensions[4].value
+    #end
 
     exts = cert.extensions.dup