diff --git a/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java b/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java
index 584d39d20ca7375af950c954ac43c661aa070c8d..5421f6262786b8357101818325ece895c2bf47ed 100644
--- a/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java
+++ b/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 /*
  * @test FieldMonitor.java
  * @bug 7158988
+ * @key regression
  * @summary verify jvm does not crash while debugging
- * @run shell TestFieldMonitor.sh
+ * @run compile TestPostFieldModification.java
+ * @run main/othervm FieldMonitor
  * @author axel.siebenborn@sap.com
  */
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
diff --git a/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh b/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index aa18c1609ba6d11f21d51f65b585040889220dee..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ "${TESTSRC}" = "" ]
-then TESTSRC=.
-fi
-
-if [ "${TESTJAVA}" = "" ]
-then
-  PARENT=`dirname \`which java\``
-  TESTJAVA=`dirname ${PARENT}`
-  echo "TESTJAVA not set, selecting " ${TESTJAVA}
-  echo "If this is incorrect, try setting the variable manually."
-fi
-
-if [ "${TESTCLASSES}" = "" ]
-then
-  echo "TESTCLASSES not set.  Test cannot execute.  Failed."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# set platform-dependent variables
-OS=`uname -s`
-case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux | Darwin)
-    NULL=/dev/null
-    PS=":"
-    FS="/"
-    ;;
-  Windows_95 | Windows_98 | Windows_ME )
-    NULL=NUL
-    PS=";"
-    FS="\\"
-    echo "Test skipped, only for WinNT"
-    exit 0
-    ;;
-  Windows_NT )
-    NULL=NUL
-    PS=";"
-    FS="\\"
-    ;;
-  CYGWIN_NT* )
-    NULL=/dev/null
-    PS=";"
-    FS="/"
-    ;;
-  CYGWIN_* )
-    NULL=/dev/null
-    PS=";"
-    FS="/"
-    echo "Test skipped, only for WinNT"
-    exit 0
-    ;;
-  * )
-    echo "Unrecognized system!"
-    exit 1;
-    ;;
-esac
-
-#CLASSPATH=.${PS}${TESTCLASSES} ; export CLASSPATH
-
-cp ${TESTSRC}${FS}*.java .
-
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -fullversion
-
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}javac -classpath .${PS}$TESTJAVA${FS}lib${FS}tools.jar *.java
-
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -classpath .${PS}$TESTJAVA${FS}lib${FS}tools.jar FieldMonitor > test.out
-
-grep "A fatal error has been detected" test.out > ${NULL}
-if [ $? = 0 ]; then
-    cat test.out
-    STATUS=1
-fi
-
-exit $STATUS