diff --git a/dev-java/testng/testng-6.11-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/testng/testng-6.11-r1.ebuild
index 108e53d2533aa..40d44ef075f75 100644
--- a/dev-java/testng/testng-6.11-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/testng/testng-6.11-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ src_test() {
 
 	JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH_EXTRA=":${DISTDIR}/spock-core-${SCV}.jar"
 
-	ejavac -cp "${JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR}:${PN}.jar:$(java-pkg_getjars guava)" \
+	ejavac -cp "${JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR}:${PN}.jar:$(java-pkg_getjars --build-only guava)" \
 		src/test/java/test/SimpleBaseTest.java || die
 
 	# java-pkg-simple.eclass expects generated test classes in this