diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3091f3f346a..dee1fc5e041 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1598,9 +1598,6 @@
                 <!-- test should be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/AbstractCheckTest.class</exclude>
 
-                <!-- test should be updated -->
-                <exclude>**/ImportOrderCheckTest.class</exclude>
-
                 <!-- tests need to be updated -->
                 <exclude>**/SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilterTest.class</exclude>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheckTest.java
index 1bff32c017c..a7149a876ce 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheckTest.java
@@ -517,9 +517,7 @@ public void testGroupWithSlashes() throws Exception {
         checkConfig.addProperty("groups", "/^javax");
 
         try {
-            final String[] expected = CommonUtil.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
-
-            verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputImportOrder5.java"), expected);
+            execute(checkConfig, getPath("InputImportOrder5.java"));
             assertWithMessage("exception expected").fail();
         }
         catch (CheckstyleException ex) {