diff --git a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
index 4dfb2dead82..95f0094e60c 100644
--- a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
+++ b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ public abstract class LuceneTestCase extends Assert {
   }
 
   /** @deprecated: until we fix no-fork problems in solr tests */
+  @Deprecated
   private static List<String> testClassesRun = new ArrayList<String>();
   
   @BeforeClass