diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
index 021a93227..a650d3808 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/dependset.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <touch file="test4.tmp"/>
     <dependset>
       <srcfilelist dir="." files="test4.tmp"/>
-      <targetfileset dir="." includes="i-do-not-exist"/>
+      <targetfileset id="targetfs" dir="." includes="i-do-not-exist"/>
     </dependset>
   </target>
 
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
       <srcfilelist dir="." files="newer.tmp"/>
       <targetfilelist dir="." files="older.tmp"/>
     </dependset>
+    <fail>
+      <condition>
+        <available file="older.tmp" />
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
   </target>
   
   <target name="cleanup"> 
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSetTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSetTest.java
index c290d7ec8..ab65ba4eb 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSetTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSetTest.java
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ public class DependSetTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void test5() {
         executeTarget("test5");
-        java.io.File f = new java.io.File(getProjectDir(), "older.tmp");
-        if (f.exists()) {
-           fail("dependset failed to remove out of date file " + f.toString());
-        }
     }
 
 }