diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/splashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/splashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
index 0eaf688ca8de07a9f60df109e1ce31cd08dfae9d..c71c6361f671d9cf105c1f7454462a00880925ab 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/splashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/splashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
@@ -131,11 +131,7 @@ char* SplashGetScaledImageName(const char* jar, const char* file,
     NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
     *scaleFactor = 1;
     char* scaledFile = nil;
-    __block float screenScaleFactor = 1;
-
-    [ThreadUtilities performOnMainThreadWaiting:YES block:^(){
-        screenScaleFactor = [SplashNSScreen() backingScaleFactor];
-    }];
+    float screenScaleFactor = 1;
 
     if (screenScaleFactor > 1) {
         NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: file];
diff --git a/test/java/awt/SplashScreen/MultiResolutionSplash/MultiResolutionSplashTest.java b/test/java/awt/SplashScreen/MultiResolutionSplash/MultiResolutionSplashTest.java
index a13cd81520e0f500cd2a0294413da8c426e1e2bb..92de5f516ec84908ada66b7d05db65244ea02f7a 100644
--- a/test/java/awt/SplashScreen/MultiResolutionSplash/MultiResolutionSplashTest.java
+++ b/test/java/awt/SplashScreen/MultiResolutionSplash/MultiResolutionSplashTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D;
 
 /**
- * @test
+ * test
  * @bug 8043869
  * @author Alexander Scherbatiy
  * @summary [macosx] java -splash does not honor 2x hi dpi notation for retina