diff --git a/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index 66e74818b..71a75bebf 100644
--- a/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@
                     <suiteXmlFiles>
                         <suiteXmlFile>${suiteXmlFile}</suiteXmlFile>
                     </suiteXmlFiles>
-                    <!-- Keeping illegal-access=warn for Java 11 compatibility, even though it has no effect on JDK 17 -->
                     <argLine>
                         --illegal-access=warn
-                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
                     </argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>