diff --git a/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala b/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
index 93a1ac5e7..87d1b7f95 100644
--- a/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
@@ -639,53 +639,58 @@ class XMLTestJVM {
     assertEquals("<node>\n  <leaf/>\n</node>", pp.format(x))
   }
 
+  def toSource(s: String) = new scala.io.Source {
+    val iter = s.iterator
+    override def reportError(pos: Int, msg: String, out: java.io.PrintStream = Console.err): Unit = {}
+  }
+
   def xTokenFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("a"), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource("a"), false)
 
     assertEquals(Seq.empty[Char], x.xToken('b'))
   }
 
   @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
   def xCharDataFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString(""), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource(""), false)
 
     x.xCharData
   }
 
   @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
   def xCommentFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString(""), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource(""), false)
 
     x.xComment
   }
 
   def xmlProcInstrFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("aa"), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource("aa"), false)
 
     assertEquals(scala.xml.Null, x.xmlProcInstr)
   }
 
   @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
   def notationDeclFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString(""), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource(""), false)
 
     x.notationDecl
   }
 
   def pubidLiteralFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString(""), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource(""), false)
 
     assertEquals("", x.pubidLiteral)
   }
 
   def xAttributeValueFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("'"), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource("'"), false)
 
     assertEquals("", x.xAttributeValue)
   }
 
   def xEntityValueFailure {
-    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString(""), false)
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(toSource(""), false)
 
     assertEquals("", x.xEntityValue)
   }