diff --git a/icu4j/main/common_tests/src/test/java/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java b/icu4j/main/common_tests/src/test/java/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
index a45d6d169e9e..4efef2f623d4 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/common_tests/src/test/java/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/common_tests/src/test/java/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/MeasureUnitTest.java
@@ -1392,33 +1392,6 @@ class ConstantDenominatorTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void TestNonAcceptableConstantDenominator() {
-        class NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase {
-            String identifier;
-
-            NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase(String identifier) {
-                this.identifier = identifier;
-            }
-        }
-
-        List<NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase> testCases = Arrays.asList(
-                new NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase("meter-and-second"),
-                new NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase("meter-per--20--second"),
-                new NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase("meter-per-1000-1e9-second"),
-                new NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase("meter-per-1e20-second"));
-
-        for (NonAcceptableConstantDenominatorTestCase testCase : testCases) {
-            try {
-                MeasureUnit unit = MeasureUnit.forIdentifier(testCase.identifier);
-                unit.getConstantDenominator();
-                Assert.fail("An IllegalArgumentException must be thrown");
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                continue;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void TestInvalidIdentifiers() {
         final String inputs[] = {
@@ -1458,6 +1431,9 @@ public void TestInvalidIdentifiers() {
                 "kilonewton-meter-and-newton-meter",
 
                 // Invalid units because of invalid constant denominator
+                "meter-per--20--second",
+                "meter-per-1000-1e9-second",
+                "meter-per-1e20-second",
                 "per-1000",
                 "meter-per-1000-1000",
                 "meter-per-1000-second-1000-kilometer",
@@ -1466,7 +1442,6 @@ public void TestInvalidIdentifiers() {
                 "meter-per-1000-1000",
                 "meter-per-1000-second-1000-kilometer",
                 "per-1000-and-per-1000",
-
         };
 
         for (String input : inputs) {