diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/GraalWithLimitedMetaspace.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/GraalWithLimitedMetaspace.java
index 2db66f67bf2..2d95880022a 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/GraalWithLimitedMetaspace.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/GraalWithLimitedMetaspace.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public static List<String> toClassNames(String filename) throws IOException {
 
     static void dumpLoadedClasses(String[] expectedClasses) throws Exception {
         ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-XX:DumpLoadedClassList=" + CLASSLIST_FILE,
             // trigger JVMCI runtime init so that JVMCI classes will be
             // included in the classlist
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ static void dumpLoadedClasses(String[] expectedClasses) throws Exception {
             "-cp",
             TESTJAR,
             TESTNAME,
-            TEST_OUT));
+            TEST_OUT);
 
         OutputAnalyzer output = TestCommon.executeAndLog(pb, "dump-loaded-classes")
             .shouldHaveExitValue(0)
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ static void dumpLoadedClasses(String[] expectedClasses) throws Exception {
 
     static void dumpArchive() throws Exception {
         ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-cp",
             TESTJAR,
             "-XX:SharedClassListFile=" + CLASSLIST_FILE,
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ static void dumpArchive() throws Exception {
             "-Xlog:cds",
             "-Xshare:dump",
             "-XX:MetaspaceSize=12M",
-            "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=12M"));
+            "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=12M");
 
         OutputAnalyzer output = TestCommon.executeAndLog(pb, "dump-archive");
         int exitValue = output.getExitValue();
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java
index 4c47b92dc1e..a3e9df0f29c 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/TestCommon.java
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ public static OutputAnalyzer createArchive(String appJar, String appClasses[],
         return createArchive(opts);
     }
 
-    public static String[] makeCommandLineForAppCDS(String... args) throws Exception {
-        return args;
-    }
-
     // Create AppCDS archive using appcds options
     public static OutputAnalyzer createArchive(AppCDSOptions opts)
         throws Exception {
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsBasic.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsBasic.java
index d3ff683fa84..83702ac86b1 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsBasic.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsBasic.java
@@ -49,24 +49,22 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
             TestCommon.getSourceFile("SharedStringsBasic.txt").toString();
 
         ProcessBuilder dumpPb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-cp", appJar,
             "-XX:SharedArchiveConfigFile=" + sharedArchiveConfigFile,
             "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./SharedStringsBasic.jsa",
             "-Xshare:dump",
-            "-Xlog:cds,cds+hashtables"));
+            "-Xlog:cds,cds+hashtables");
 
         TestCommon.executeAndLog(dumpPb, "dump")
             .shouldContain("Shared string table stats")
             .shouldHaveExitValue(0);
 
         ProcessBuilder runPb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-cp", appJar,
             "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./SharedStringsBasic.jsa",
             "-Xshare:auto",
             "-showversion",
-            "HelloString"));
+            "HelloString");
 
         TestCommon.executeAndLog(runPb, "run").shouldHaveExitValue(0);
     }
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SysDictCrash.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SysDictCrash.java
index 9cb9b13d1fa..57ec0bd964b 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SysDictCrash.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SysDictCrash.java
@@ -44,21 +44,19 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         // SharedBaseAddress=0 puts the archive at a very high address on solaris,
         // which provokes the crash.
         ProcessBuilder dumpPb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-XX:+UseG1GC", "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=12.5",
             "-cp", ".",
             "-XX:SharedBaseAddress=0", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./SysDictCrash.jsa",
             "-Xshare:dump",
-            "-showversion", "-Xlog:cds,cds+hashtables"));
+            "-showversion", "-Xlog:cds,cds+hashtables");
 
         TestCommon.checkDump(TestCommon.executeAndLog(dumpPb, "dump"));
 
         ProcessBuilder runPb = ProcessTools.createTestJvm(
-          TestCommon.makeCommandLineForAppCDS(
             "-XX:+UseG1GC", "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=12.5",
             "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./SysDictCrash.jsa",
             "-Xshare:on",
-            "-version"));
+            "-version");
 
         TestCommon.checkExec(TestCommon.executeAndLog(runPb, "exec"));
     }