diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/nulliteral/NullLiteralExpression.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/nulliteral/NullLiteralExpression.java
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--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/nulliteral/NullLiteralExpression.java
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-/*
- * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
- *
- * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
- * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
- */
-package org.hibernate.jpa.test.criteria.nulliteral;
-
-import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaUpdate;
-
-import org.hibernate.jpa.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
-
-import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Andrea Boriero
- */
-public class NullLiteralExpression extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
-
-	@Override
-	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
-		return new Class[] {Person.class, Subject.class};
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-11159")
-	public void testNullLiteralExpressionInCriteriaUpdate() {
-		EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
-		try {
-			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
-
-			CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
-			CriteriaUpdate<Person> criteriaUpdate = builder.createCriteriaUpdate( Person.class );
-			criteriaUpdate.from(Person.class);
-			criteriaUpdate.set( Person_.subject, builder.nullLiteral( Subject.class ) );
-
-			entityManager.createQuery( criteriaUpdate ).executeUpdate();
-
-			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
-				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
-			}
-			throw e;
-		}
-		finally {
-			entityManager.close();
-		}
-	}
-}