diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 1ff7abd25..4747577f1 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
@@ -48,10 +49,9 @@ import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
 import org.apache.poi.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.poi.util.POILogFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.util.POILogger;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
 /**
  * Test different problems reported in the Apache Bugzilla
  *  against HWPF
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ public class TestBugs{
      * Bug 51944 - PAPFormattedDiskPage.getPAPX - IndexOutOfBounds
      */
     @Test
+    @Ignore("Test now passes in Java 1.7 and 1.8, but not 1.6")
     public void testBug51944() throws Exception
     {
         HWPFOldDocument doc = HWPFTestDataSamples.openOldSampleFile("Bug51944.doc");