diff --git a/test/java/util/concurrent/Executors/PrivilegedCallables.java b/test/java/util/concurrent/Executors/PrivilegedCallables.java
index a69041232f5690898eae011a5150cebf37982dfb..a77511e440d085b21ab633ef501c32ed80673db4 100644
--- a/test/java/util/concurrent/Executors/PrivilegedCallables.java
+++ b/test/java/util/concurrent/Executors/PrivilegedCallables.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public class PrivilegedCallables {
 
     final Random rnd = new Random();
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("serial") Throwable[] throwables = {
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    Throwable[] throwables = {
         new Exception() {},
         new RuntimeException() {},
         new Error() {}
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ public class PrivilegedCallables {
     Throwable randomThrowable() {
         return throwables[rnd.nextInt(throwables.length)];
     }
+    void throwThrowable(Throwable t) throws Exception {
+        if (t instanceof Error) throw (Error) t;
+        if (t instanceof RuntimeException) throw (RuntimeException) t;
+        throw (Exception) t;
+    }
 
     //----------------------------------------------------------------
     // A Policy class designed to make permissions fiddling very easy.
@@ -119,9 +125,8 @@ public class PrivilegedCallables {
             if (rnd.nextBoolean()) {
                 final Throwable t = randomThrowable();
                 real = new Callable<Integer>() {
-                    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
                     public Integer call() throws Exception {
-                        Thread.currentThread().stop(t);
+                        throwThrowable(t);
                         return null; }};
                 try {
                     c.call();
diff --git a/test/java/util/concurrent/FutureTask/Throw.java b/test/java/util/concurrent/FutureTask/Throw.java
index 4182cdf1a0c39a072f1979d5f5a553d4184144a3..7bc442728ad218ffc13a52ad54914d6c67be7c92 100644
--- a/test/java/util/concurrent/FutureTask/Throw.java
+++ b/test/java/util/concurrent/FutureTask/Throw.java
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
 public class Throw {
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     static void THROW(final Throwable t) {
         if (t != null)
-            Thread.currentThread().stop(t);
+            Throw.<RuntimeException>uncheckedThrow(t);
     }
 
     Callable<Void> thrower(final Throwable t) {
@@ -138,4 +137,8 @@ public class Throw {
             catch (Throwable t) {
                 if (k.isAssignableFrom(t.getClass())) pass();
                 else unexpected(t);}}
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") static <T extends Throwable>
+        void uncheckedThrow(Throwable t) throws T {
+        throw (T)t; // rely on vacuous cast
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java b/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
index 7699d180005bb0d01c44f3d0d78fd6e54cdef318..1394a4c38edcd67b8b694ac19f66d7d70a02da0d 100644
--- a/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
+++ b/test/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor/ThrowingTasks.java
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ public class ThrowingTasks {
     static class Thrower implements Runnable {
         Throwable t;
         Thrower(Throwable t) { this.t = t; }
-        @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-        public void run() { if (t != null) Thread.currentThread().stop(t); }
+        public void run() {
+            if (t != null)
+                ThrowingTasks.<RuntimeException>uncheckedThrow(t);
+        }
     }
 
     static final Thrower noThrower      = new Thrower(null);
@@ -265,4 +267,8 @@ public class ThrowingTasks {
         try {realMain(args);} catch (Throwable t) {unexpected(t);}
         System.out.printf("%nPassed = %d, failed = %d%n%n", passed, failed);
         if (failed > 0) throw new AssertionError("Some tests failed");}
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") static <T extends Throwable>
+        void uncheckedThrow(Throwable t) throws T {
+        throw (T)t; // rely on vacuous cast
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/java/util/concurrent/locks/Lock/FlakyMutex.java b/test/java/util/concurrent/locks/Lock/FlakyMutex.java
index e00cf4c612a8f55b13697ecef65dc83f045925f5..390f01d0f156348116dc8ff30e675d8b085ff670 100644
--- a/test/java/util/concurrent/locks/Lock/FlakyMutex.java
+++ b/test/java/util/concurrent/locks/Lock/FlakyMutex.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
  * tryAcquire method that randomly throws various Throwable
  * subclasses.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings({"deprecation", "serial"})
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class FlakyMutex implements Lock {
     static class MyError extends Error {}
     static class MyException extends Exception {}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class FlakyMutex implements Lock {
         switch (rnd.nextInt(10)) {
         case 0: throw new MyError();
         case 1: throw new MyRuntimeException();
-        case 2: Thread.currentThread().stop(new MyException()); break;
+        case 2: FlakyMutex.<RuntimeException>uncheckedThrow(new MyException());
         default: /* Do nothing */ break;
         }
     }
@@ -146,4 +146,8 @@ public class FlakyMutex implements Lock {
         try {realMain(args);} catch (Throwable t) {unexpected(t);}
         System.out.printf("%nPassed = %d, failed = %d%n%n", passed, failed);
         if (failed > 0) throw new AssertionError("Some tests failed");}
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") static <T extends Throwable>
+        void uncheckedThrow(Throwable t) throws T {
+        throw (T)t; // rely on vacuous cast
+    }
 }