diff --git a/tests/disabled/pos/i12956.java b/tests/disabled/pos/i12956.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc539ebbd7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/disabled/pos/i12956.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Disable because it requires Java 9+ but our CI still runs on Java 8 and our
+// testing infrastructure doesn't let us run a test only on Java 9+.
+interface Foo {
+  private void bar() {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i12956.java b/tests/pos/i12956.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b29796d48b71..000000000000
--- a/tests/pos/i12956.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-interface Foo {
-  private void bar() {}
-}