diff --git a/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk b/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
index 39bf03f46fc..8384698654d 100644
--- a/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
+++ b/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ else
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_LDFLAGS_libLinkerInvokerModule := -pthread
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_LDFLAGS_libLoaderLookupInvoker := -pthread
 
-  BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_JDK_LIBS_libExplicitAttach := java.base:libjvm
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_LDFLAGS_libExplicitAttach := -pthread
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_LDFLAGS_libImplicitAttach := -pthread
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_EXCLUDE += exerevokeall.c
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/lang/Thread/jni/AttachCurrentThread/libExplicitAttach.c b/test/jdk/java/lang/Thread/jni/AttachCurrentThread/libExplicitAttach.c
index 6855e8ca1ee..170f15f21d9 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/lang/Thread/jni/AttachCurrentThread/libExplicitAttach.c
+++ b/test/jdk/java/lang/Thread/jni/AttachCurrentThread/libExplicitAttach.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2025, 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
@@ -26,22 +26,20 @@
 
 #define STACK_SIZE 0x100000
 
+static JavaVM *vm;
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *jvm, void* reserved) {
+    vm = jvm;
+    return JNI_VERSION_1_8;
+}
+
 /**
  * Attach the current thread with JNI AttachCurrentThread, call a method, and detach.
  */
 void* thread_main(void* arg) {
-    JavaVM *vm;
     JNIEnv *env;
-    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
-    jsize count;
     jint res;
 
-    res = JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs(&vm, 1, &count);
-    if (res != JNI_OK) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs failed: %d\n", res);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     res = (*vm)->AttachCurrentThread(vm, (void **) &env, NULL);
     if (res != JNI_OK) {
         fprintf(stderr, "AttachCurrentThreadAsDaemon failed: %d\n", res);