diff --git a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestBoundedByteBufferPool.java b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestBoundedByteBufferPool.java
index 0d452878a68..79b9e6837d0 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestBoundedByteBufferPool.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestBoundedByteBufferPool.java
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.IOTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.SmallTests;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
-@Category({ IOTests.class, SmallTests.class })
+@Category({ SmallTests.class })
 public class TestBoundedByteBufferPool {
   final int maxByteBufferSizeToCache = 10;
   final int initialByteBufferSize = 1;