diff --git a/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatter.java b/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatter.java
index 3a2b23f544..cce3d0a8d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatter.java
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ private void finishReport() {
             rootElement.setAttribute("failures", String.valueOf(rootElement.getElementsByTagName("failure").getLength()));
             rootElement.setAttribute("skipped", String.valueOf(rootElement.getElementsByTagName("skipped").getLength()));
             rootElement.setAttribute("time", sumTimes(rootElement.getElementsByTagName("testcase")));
-            if (rootElement.getElementsByTagName("testcase").getLength() == 0) {
-                addDummyTestCase(); // to avoid failed Jenkins jobs
-            }
             TransformerFactory transfac = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
             Transformer trans = transfac.newTransformer();
             trans.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
@@ -157,16 +154,6 @@ private void finishReport() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void addDummyTestCase() {
-        Element dummy = doc.createElement("testcase");
-        dummy.setAttribute("classname", "dummy");
-        dummy.setAttribute("name", "dummy");
-        rootElement.appendChild(dummy);
-        Element skipped = doc.createElement("skipped");
-        skipped.setAttribute("message", "No features found");
-        dummy.appendChild(skipped);
-    }
-
     private String sumTimes(NodeList testCaseNodes) {
         double totalDurationSecondsForAllTimes = 0.0d;
         for( int i = 0; i < testCaseNodes.getLength(); i++ ) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatterTest.java
index 7693c2034d..ec72bdcb85 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatterTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/JUnitFormatterTest.java
@@ -499,22 +499,6 @@ public void should_format_scenario_outlines_with_arguments_in_name() throws Thro
         assertXmlEqual(expected, formatterOutput);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void should_add_dummy_testcase_if_no_scenarios_are_run_to_aviod_failed_jenkins_jobs() throws Throwable {
-        CucumberFeature feature = TestHelper.feature("path/test.feature",
-                "Feature: feature name\n");
-
-        String formatterOutput = runFeatureWithJUnitFormatter(feature);
-
-        String expected = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n" +
-                "<testsuite failures=\"0\" name=\"cucumber.runtime.formatter.JUnitFormatter\" skipped=\"0\" time=\"0\">\n" +
-                "    <testcase classname=\"dummy\" name=\"dummy\">\n" +
-                "        <skipped message=\"No features found\" />\n" +
-                "    </testcase>\n" +
-                "</testsuite>\n";
-        assertXmlEqual(expected, formatterOutput);
-    }
-
     private File runFeaturesWithJunitFormatter(final List<String> featurePaths) throws IOException {
         return runFeaturesWithJunitFormatter(featurePaths, false);
     }