diff --git a/test/jdk/jfr/event/runtime/TestShutdownEvent.java b/test/jdk/jfr/event/runtime/TestShutdownEvent.java
index 9da1275460abbc0d6e9db6e664c99616f6dd80f3..7f6894f5132bf0375d01dd603876332349e3eed2 100644
--- a/test/jdk/jfr/event/runtime/TestShutdownEvent.java
+++ b/test/jdk/jfr/event/runtime/TestShutdownEvent.java
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ public class TestShutdownEvent {
              new TestVMCrash(),
              new TestUnhandledException(),
              new TestRuntimeHalt(),
-             new TestSig("TERM"),
-             new TestSig("HUP"),
-             new TestSig("INT")};
+             // exclude until JDK-8217744 is fixed
+             // new TestSig("TERM"),
+             // new TestSig("HUP"),
+             // new TestSig("INT")
+    };
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
         for (int i = 0; i < subTests.length; ++i) {