diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
index 59056d0d1be193c9729c5dac60c465d637086ebe..c13e4ea3ed570c340642e885e137f16635cf7ea9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
@@ -3827,7 +3827,6 @@ public final class Formatter implements Closeable, Flushable {
                                  Locale l)
             throws IOException
         {
-            assert(width == -1);
             if (sb == null)
                 sb = new StringBuilder();
             switch (c) {
diff --git a/test/ProblemList.txt b/test/ProblemList.txt
index 6813cce7aebb718037ca684a4c9ce0411d28901e..7b763477192d238d03a635e0a71ede3d72a27848 100644
--- a/test/ProblemList.txt
+++ b/test/ProblemList.txt
@@ -347,9 +347,6 @@ com/sun/jdi/ProcessAttachTest.sh                                generic-all
 
 # jdk_util
 
-# 8006090
-java/util/Formatter/Basic.java					generic-all
-
 # Filed 6933803
 java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/CoreThreadTimeOut.java  generic-all