diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9ffb30aaf..64fbffa02 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
   <patternset id="teststhatfail">
     <exclude name="${optional.package}/BeanShellScriptTest.java"/>
     <exclude name="${ant.package}/taskdefs/ImportTest.java"/>
+    <exclude name="${ant.package}/TaskContainerTest.java"/>
   </patternset>
 
   <!--