diff --git a/test/org/jruby/test/TestParser.java b/test/org/jruby/test/TestParser.java
index dd6e4ecc659..8060ec60553 100644
--- a/test/org/jruby/test/TestParser.java
+++ b/test/org/jruby/test/TestParser.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ protected void setUp() throws Exception {
     
     public void testWarningLineNumber() throws Exception {
         String out;
-        String script = "p String.new 'str'";
+        String script = "$stdout.puts ('str')";
         out = eval(script);
         assertTrue(out.indexOf("test:1") != -1);
     }
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ public void testErrorLineNumber() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}