--- a/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java	Wed Apr 30 14:06:24 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WToolkit.java	Wed May 07 16:23:04 2014 +0100
@@ -864,18 +864,12 @@
      * Windows doesn't always send WM_SETTINGCHANGE when it should.
      */
     private void windowsSettingChange() {
-        if (AppContext.getAppContext() == null) {
-            // No AppContext, so we can update properties on the current thread,
-            // DesktopPropertyChangeSupport will only post events.
-            updateProperties();
-        } else {
-            EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    updateProperties();
-                }
-            });
-        }
+        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                updateProperties();
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     private synchronized void updateProperties() {

--- a/test/java/awt/Toolkit/ToolkitPropertyTest/NoAppContextTest.java	Wed Apr 30 14:06:24 2014 -0700
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
- * accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
- * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
- * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
- * questions.
- */
-
-/**
- * @test
- * @bug 8032960
- * @summary checks that desktop properties work if Toolkit thread has no AppContext
- * @author Petr Pchelko
- */
-
-import sun.awt.OSInfo;
-import sun.awt.SunToolkit;
-
-import javax.swing.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
-import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-
-public class NoAppContextTest {
-
-    private static final ThreadGroup stubGroup = new ThreadGroup("stub");
-    private static final ThreadGroup awtGroup = new ThreadGroup("AWT");
-    private static final AtomicBoolean propertyChangeFired = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-    private static Frame frame;
-
-    private static final Object LOCK = new Object();
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-
-        if (OSInfo.getOSType() != OSInfo.OSType.WINDOWS) {
-            // The test is for Windows platform only
-            return;
-        }
-
-        createStubContext();
-
-        Thread awtThread = new Thread(awtGroup, new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                SunToolkit.createNewAppContext();
-                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void run() {
-                        synchronized (LOCK) {
-                            frame = new Frame();
-                            frame.setBounds(100, 100, 100, 100);
-                            frame.setVisible(true);
-                            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addPropertyChangeListener("win.propNames", new PropertyChangeListener() {
-                                @Override
-                                public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent ev) {
-                                    propertyChangeFired.set(true);
-                                }
-                            });
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        });
-        awtThread.start();
-        awtThread.join();
-        sync();
-
-        final GraphicsDevice device = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
-                .getDefaultScreenDevice();
-
-        final AtomicReference<DisplayMode> originalRef = new AtomicReference<>();
-        try {
-            final AtomicBoolean isSupported = new AtomicBoolean(true);
-            invokeInAWT(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    if (device.isFullScreenSupported()) {
-                        device.setFullScreenWindow(frame);
-                    } else {
-                        isSupported.set(false);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-            if (!isSupported.get()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            invokeInAWT(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    if (device.isDisplayChangeSupported()) {
-                        DisplayMode original = device.getDisplayMode();
-                        originalRef.set(original);
-                        try {
-                            DisplayMode[] modes = device.getDisplayModes();
-                            for (DisplayMode mode : modes) {
-                                if (!mode.equals(original)) {
-                                    device.setDisplayMode(mode);
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        } finally {
-                            device.setDisplayMode(original);
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        isSupported.set(false);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-            if (!isSupported.get()) {
-                return;
-            }
-        } finally {
-            invokeInAWT(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    device.setDisplayMode(originalRef.get());
-                    frame.dispose();
-                }
-            });
-        }
-
-        if (!propertyChangeFired.get()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Failed: PropertyChange did not fire");
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void invokeInAWT(final Runnable r) throws InterruptedException {
-        Thread awtThread = new Thread(awtGroup, new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void run() {
-                        synchronized (LOCK) {
-                            r.run();
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        });
-        awtThread.start();
-        awtThread.join();
-        sync();
-    }
-
-    private static void createStubContext() throws InterruptedException {
-        Thread stub = new Thread(stubGroup, new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                SunToolkit.createNewAppContext();
-            }
-        });
-        stub.start();
-        stub.join();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Runs realSync on a thread with an AppContext and waits for it to finish
-     */
-    private static void sync() throws InterruptedException {
-        final AtomicReference<InterruptedException> exc = new AtomicReference<>(null);
-
-        Thread syncThread = new Thread(awtGroup, new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                try {
-                    ((SunToolkit) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()).realSync();
-                    Thread.sleep(2000);
-                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                    exc.set(e);
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        syncThread.start();
-        syncThread.join();
-        if (exc.get() != null) {
-            throw exc.get();
-        }
-    }
-}
-