diff --git a/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/TestAllFiles.java b/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/TestAllFiles.java
index 5171158965695ce8200fe7f33fae02e582534149..4d21916baadd56a74c6ac977f66170d9a2607728 100644
--- a/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/TestAllFiles.java
+++ b/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/TestAllFiles.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ExecutionMode;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
-import org.junit.platform.commons.util.StringUtils;
 import org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError;
 
 /**
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ public class TestAllFiles {
                 }
             } else {
                 // verify that message is either null for both or set for both
-                assertTrue(actMsg != null || StringUtils.isBlank(exMessage),
+                assertTrue(actMsg != null || isBlank(exMessage),
                         errPrefix + " for " + exClass + " expected message '" + exMessage + "' but had '" + actMsg + "'");
 
                 if (actMsg != null) {
@@ -275,6 +274,16 @@ public class TestAllFiles {
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean isBlank(final String str) {
+        final int strLen = str.length();
+        for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
+            if (!Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i))) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static String pathReplace(String msg) {
         if (msg == null) return null;