diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/XLocaleDistanceTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/XLocaleDistanceTest.java
index 9b44eba4313..ce8cb8b1e6d 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/XLocaleDistanceTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/XLocaleDistanceTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ public class XLocaleDistanceTest extends TestFmwk {
         }
     }
 
-    // @ Test Disabled because of Linux; need to investigate.
-    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    @Ignore("Disabled because of Linux; need to investigate.")
+    @Test
     public void testTiming() {
         List<Arguments> testArgs = new ArrayList<Arguments>();
         for (List<String> line : tfh.getLines()) {