diff --git a/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java b/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java
index c05344c18cda5a106c8a12f4498f9d8c5aeeabea..f0aac0039f45184f41398f989ce986220b916b1c 100644
--- a/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java
+++ b/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java
@@ -867,13 +867,7 @@ public class WToolkit extends SunToolkit implements Runnable {
      * Windows doesn't always send WM_SETTINGCHANGE when it should.
      */
     private void windowsSettingChange() {
-        if (AppContext.getAppContext() == null) {
-            // No AppContext, so we can update properties on the current thread,
-            // DesktopPropertyChangeSupport will only post events.
-            updateProperties();
-        } else {
-            EventQueue.invokeLater(this::updateProperties);
-        }
+        EventQueue.invokeLater(this::updateProperties);
     }
 
     private synchronized void updateProperties() {
diff --git a/test/java/awt/Toolkit/ToolkitPropertyTest/NoAppContextTest.java b/test/java/awt/Toolkit/ToolkitPropertyTest/NoAppContextTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f5956e1b13a68727ff39cc1bb90d678854c62f36..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/java/awt/Toolkit/ToolkitPropertyTest/NoAppContextTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- */
-
-/**
- * @test
- * @bug 8032960
- * @summary checks that desktop properties work if Toolkit thread has no AppContext
- * @author Petr Pchelko
- */
-
-import sun.awt.OSInfo;
-import sun.awt.SunToolkit;
-
-import javax.swing.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-
-public class NoAppContextTest {
-
-    private static final ThreadGroup stubGroup = new ThreadGroup("stub");
-    private static final ThreadGroup awtGroup = new ThreadGroup("AWT");
-    private static final AtomicBoolean propertyChangeFired = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-    private static Frame frame;
-
-    private static final Object LOCK = new Object();
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-
-        if (OSInfo.getOSType() != OSInfo.OSType.WINDOWS) {
-            // The test is for Windows platform only
-            return;
-        }
-
-        createStubContext();
-
-        Thread awtThread = new Thread(awtGroup, () -> {
-            SunToolkit.createNewAppContext();
-            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
-                synchronized (LOCK) {
-                    frame = new Frame();
-                    frame.setBounds(100, 100, 100, 100);
-                    frame.setVisible(true);
-                    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addPropertyChangeListener("win.propNames", ev -> {
-                        propertyChangeFired.set(true);
-                    });
-                }
-            });
-        });
-        awtThread.start();
-        awtThread.join();
-        sync();
-
-        final GraphicsDevice device = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
-                .getDefaultScreenDevice();
-
-        AtomicReference<DisplayMode> originalRef = new AtomicReference<>();
-        try {
-            AtomicBoolean isSupported = new AtomicBoolean(true);
-            invokeInAWT(() -> {
-                if (device.isFullScreenSupported()) {
-                    device.setFullScreenWindow(frame);
-                } else {
-                    isSupported.set(false);
-                }
-            });
-            if (!isSupported.get()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            invokeInAWT(() -> {
-                if (device.isDisplayChangeSupported()) {
-                    DisplayMode original = device.getDisplayMode();
-                    originalRef.set(original);
-                    try {
-                        DisplayMode[] modes = device.getDisplayModes();
-                        for (DisplayMode mode : modes) {
-                            if (!mode.equals(original)) {
-                                device.setDisplayMode(mode);
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    } finally {
-                        device.setDisplayMode(original);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    isSupported.set(false);
-                }
-            });
-            if (!isSupported.get()) {
-                return;
-            }
-        } finally {
-            invokeInAWT(() -> {
-                device.setDisplayMode(originalRef.get());
-                frame.dispose();
-            });
-        }
-
-        if (!propertyChangeFired.get()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Failed: PropertyChange did not fire");
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void invokeInAWT(Runnable r) throws InterruptedException {
-        Thread awtThread = new Thread(awtGroup, () -> {
-            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
-                synchronized (LOCK) {
-                    r.run();
-                }
-            });
-        });
-        awtThread.start();
-        awtThread.join();
-        sync();
-    }
-
-    private static void createStubContext() throws InterruptedException {
-        Thread stub = new Thread(stubGroup, SunToolkit::createNewAppContext);
-        stub.start();
-        stub.join();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Runs realSync on a thread with an AppContext and waits for it to finish
-     */
-    private static void sync() throws InterruptedException {
-        final AtomicReference<InterruptedException> exc = new AtomicReference<>(null);
-
-        Thread syncThread = new Thread(awtGroup, () -> {
-            try {
-                ((SunToolkit) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()).realSync();
-                Thread.sleep(2000);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                exc.set(e);
-            }
-        });
-        syncThread.start();
-        syncThread.join();
-        if (exc.get() != null) {
-            throw exc.get();
-        }
-    }
-}
-